I was very disappointed to see this comic strip in yesterday's Star Tribune advancing the myth that "only rich people can afford" tickets to the symphony.
(Especially since I had just read this article about ticket scalpers asking over a $1000 a piece for tickets to
an upcoming U2 concert
a 2007 Hannah Montana concert.)
Tickets to major orchestras (like the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony or our own Minnesota Orchestra or Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra) are comparable in price, and often cheaper, than tickets to pop/rock acts such as Bon Jovi, U2 or Taylor Swift.
I don't hold comic strip creators to the same professional standards as reporters, of course, but would a little fact-checking be so bad?
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