YMMV / The Rite of Spring

• Adaptation Displacement: Many people associate this music with dinosaurs and volcanoes rather than pagan sacrifice.
• No Such Thing as Bad Publicity: Diaghilev, the producer, seems to have subscribed to this belief, since he was thrilled when the first performance spawned a riot. Stravinsky and Nijinsky, on the other hand, did not share his optimism.
• Once Original, Now Common: The Sensory Abuse nowadays is quite tame considering what kind of music has come out since then.
• Vindicated by History: Thanks mainly to Fantasia. However, it was still seen as the weakest piece owing mostly to its length, unnerving visuals, and jarring music - though people are much more forgiving of it these days.
• The Woobie: The doomed virgin usually comes across as quite woobie-ish.

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