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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Darel Jevens

Marin Alsop offended by depiction of cruel woman conductor in ‘TÁR’

Marin Alsop (pictured in 2018) conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra over the weekend. (Patrick Gipson/Ravinia Festival)

Marin Alsop, the world’s foremost woman conductor, is no fan of “TÁR,” the acclaimed film about an unscrupulous woman conductor.

“I was offended as a woman, I was offended as a conductor, I was offended as a lesbian,” Alsop said of the movie, which stars Cate Blanchett as Berlin Philharmonic leader Lydia Tár.

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