That Section 2 invective you printed [“Sculpting the Statistics” by Deanna Isaacs, July 13] was not only a nice chomp at one of the hands that feeds you, but it also lacked the kind of assessment an artistically cultivated city like Chicago should expect of its people, especially its journalists and critics. After Ms. Isaacs’s opening bit of sarcastic endearment for the misleading and insidious use of statistics, she shows us she knows what she’s talking about by using the same tactic to contradict the report in question–a nauseating good time for everybody.
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If a little prestidigitation means it seems more tickets get sold, and as long as that part of it remains unnecessary to refute, then suspend your disbelief and enjoy the show. I’m sure the few strategic omissions in a lobbyist report on the art industry are but a couple white lies in a place where oils spills are obfuscated. If we’re lucky, maybe the Americans for the Arts will do what the no-nonsense lobbyists do, and just start penning congressional documents themselves. Maybe some subversive behavior can sneak decent art programs into our public schools.
