The NYT on Mr. Wainwright

The New York Times has a story about the influence of opera on Rufus Wainwright. It’s quite interesting, and throws up a couple of good images – such as the music war played between Wainwright and his mother – she contending that "poor people’s music" (jazz, the Blues) was "real music" – and him replying with Verdi.

 

But what also struck me about the piece was that way that the author (Anthony Tommasini) consistently referred to Rufus Wainwright as "Mr. Wainwright". Strange how that seems prissy and old-fashioned in today’s journalism.