… and neither is Corey Booker, but Carlos Acosta did an excellent job in the title role in a production of Khachaturian’s ballet by the Bolshoi Ballet recorded in 2008 in the Paris Opera’s Palais Garnier.
It’s available on Blu-ray or DVD from Amazon.
So Senator Booker has had his “I am Spartacus” moment with mixed results, but on the whole, he’s received mostly pointage, laughery, and mockification. It’s interesting that the one person who should have spoken critically, Marcus Crassus of Breitbart Unmasked Bunny Billy Boy Brett Unread, has been unavailable for comment.
One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you’re obliged to act like one.
—Marcus Licinius Crassus (in Spartacus)