Maestro Gustavo Dudamel.

So much promise.  

His star on the rise.

Cream of the Crop.

Envied by all.

A career ascendant in every way.

Until the day some prankster in the woodwinds "forgot" that banana peel in front of the podium....

 

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Photo: Detail from the LA Philharmonic's new Dudamel supergraphic for the exterior of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, via the LA TImes' Culture Monster blog, slightly modified for the sake of risibility.

Previously: A Venezuelan Werewolf in Los Angeles.

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