Vielleicht war’s ja eine Anspielung auf Bernard Shaw: Take notice, oh Senorita C. de Otero, Spanish dancer and singer, that I wash my hands of the national crime of failing to appreciate you. You were a perfect success: the audience was a dismal failure.
Oder Oscar Wilde: Oscar Wilde arrived at his club one evening, after witnessing a first performance of Lady Windermere’s Fan. “Oscar, how did your play go tonight?” asked a friend. “Oh,” was the lofty response, “the play was a great success, but the audience was a total failure. (Ursprung)
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Dirty, dirty feet from the concert in the grass / I wanted to believe that freedom there could last (Willy Mason)