The Onion Satirizes Indian Director's Psychedelic Classical Music Film Scoring
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The Onion Staff
Summary
A satirical article from The Onion reports that Indian director Priya Singh has scored the psychedelic section of her upcoming film "Maya's Labyrinth" using a bizarre fusion of Western classical music and hallucinogenic influences. The piece humorously describes how Singh commissioned a full orchestra to perform Mozart and Beethoven pieces while under the influence of various psychedelic substances, with musicians reportedly playing upside down, wearing kaleidoscopic glasses, and interpreting sheet music through interpretive dance. The article satirizes both pretentious filmmaking and the stereotypical association of psychedelic experiences with classical music, featuring absurd quotes from the director about "deconstructing the sonic patriarchy" and musicians describing their unusual performance conditions.
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· 3 pulledI wanted to capture the feeling of being trapped in a washing machine while listening to a dying gramophone, and only a full orchestra on LSD could achieve that.
The musicians were instructed to play their instruments upside down while wearing kaleidoscopic glasses and interpreting the sheet music through interpretive dance.
It's about deconstructing the sonic patriarchy one hallucinogenic note at a time.
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