{"id":831,"date":"2005-10-12T09:59:10","date_gmt":"2005-10-12T07:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=831"},"modified":"2005-10-12T10:00:46","modified_gmt":"2005-10-12T08:00:46","slug":"art-for-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2005\/10\/12\/art-for-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"art for thought"},"content":{"rendered":"

Has anyone other than Franci Cronje<\/a> noticed that the Kebble site<\/a> has removed, from its front page, the Roger Kebble statement that the awards will go ahead as planned? <\/p>\n

::direct link to original statement<\/a>::<\/p>\n

This doesn’t mean anything yet (this<\/a> is still linked from the front page), but it is very curious…. It was very sad to lose BK, and his family must be devastated and confused; the awards being questioned, for whatever reason, are yet another testament to his forward thinking in the first place. I, like most people in South African arts, do hope they carry on – in one form or another – in his name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Has anyone other than Franci Cronje noticed that the Kebble site has removed, from its front page, the Roger Kebble statement that the awards will go ahead as planned? ::direct link to original statement:: This doesn’t mean anything yet (this is still linked from the front page), but it is very curious…. 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