Ophelia de Vere

  Now, the performing arts world is up in arms. Scrolling through my Instagram feed this morning, I encountered a mix between Dias Irea (Days of Wrath)  and All'alba vincerò" (At dawn I will win). And only because of Timothée Chalamet.  In an interview with Matthew McConaughey for Variety and CNN, the conversation was about the survival of movie theaters and new streaming models. Chalamet said, "I don't want to be working in ballet or opera where it's like, 'Hey, keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore,'"  then added, "all respect to the ballet and opera people out there — I just lost 14 cents in viewership." And the Internet was fast, creative, and at times vicious. The irony that made it worse Chalamet's grandmother, mother, and sister were all ballerinas. He has previously spoken warmly about growing up backstage at the New York City Ballet, saying he " grew up dreaming big at the backstage at the Koc...