Cynthia Cheng Mintz

The latest news out of Paris is that John Galliano will be going to court over the anti-semetic and racist remarks he made at a Parisian bar last week.  Natalie Portman is disgusted by his behaviour, as is Karl Lagerfeld.  Giorgio Armani thought it was “sad.”  Anna Wintour refuses to comment.  Then, there are also those who are in his defence, including eccentric costume designer, Patricia Field.  Field sees Galliano as “a farce” and his theatre-like behaviour was an act no different from say, the song “Springtime for Hitler” in the Mel Brooks musical, The Producers (there is a difference here – people know going into The Producers that it is satire.  And in any case, didn’t the audience in the movie/musical leave as soon as they heard the song?).  Donatella Versace was also somewhat defending him – saying that though the comments were insulting, she didn’t think he “meant to be racist.”  (really?)

According to an article in the Huffington Post, Patricia Field (left) sees John Galliano (right)’s behaviour as “a farce”