9/11 Museum Director Tried to Cut Firefighter Photo: Too 'Rah-Rah American'

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[chessplayer]

According to Elizabeth Greenspan, author of the up coming book Battle for Ground Zero (St. Martin’s Press), Michael Shulan, creative director of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, thought about cutting the famed photo from Ground Zero of three firefighters raising the American flag amidst the rubble of the World Trade Center…because he thought it was too “rah-rah America.” Shulan said, “I really believe that the way America will look best, the way we can really do best, is to not be Americans so vigilantly and so vehemently.”

The chief curator of the museum, Jan Ramirez, eventually minimized the photograph in favor of three other camera angles of the scene. “Several images undercut the myth of ‘one iconic moment,’ Ramirez said,

[Colonel_Flagg]

Now that One World Trade Center is done, perhaps Michael Shulan should get a taste of what it’s like to jump from it. You know, to instill a sense of perspective from all those ‘rah-rah’ Americans.

[Phillyred]

Michael Shulman is an American stage, television, film actor and co-owner of New York and Los Angeles-based production company Starry Night Entertainment. Born in New York City, Shulman has been acting since childhood where he began his career in theatre and quickly appeared in more than 10 plays and musicals, including a two year run on Broadway in Les Misérables, the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, and two plays by John Guare. He was a member of the cast of Recess, and played the role of the Hustler Kid. It was during this time that he began his recording career and has since appeared in more than 5 albums. Shulman next turned to television and film and landed several roles, including Jodie Foster's Little Man Tate, M. Night Shyamalan's Wide Awake, Disney's Can of Worms, Fox's Party of Five (1994), and his critically acclaimed performance as Benny in the HBO special, Someone Had to Be Benny (1996) for which he was nominated for a CableAce Award (the youngest nominee in the Award's history) and won a Daytime Emmy Award. Shulman recently received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University with a major in the History of Art. In 2006, Shulman teamed with Los Angeles-based Craig Saavedra, who directed him in Rhapsody in Bloom, to form Starry Night Entertainment. In 2009, Shulman produced and starred in the comedy/drama Sherman's Way opposite James LeGros, Enrico Colantoni, Brooke Nevin, Lacey Chabert and Donna Murphy. In 2009, Shulman returned to the stage as Alan in J.T. Roger's play White People at the Atlantic Theatre Company. In 2009, Shulman appeared as Assistant District Attorney Maxwell Cavanaugh in NBC's Law & Order. Shulman is an advocate for the arts and serves on the board of The New Wave, a division of The Film Society of Lincoln Center. He resides in New York and rescued a dog named Stevie from the ASPCA. In 2010, Shulman associate produced the New York premiere of Craig Wright's Mistakes Were Made Off-Broadway at the Barrow Street Theatre. The comedy, directed by Dexter Bullard, starred Academy Award-nominated actor Michael Shannon as Felix Artifex, a B-list Off-Broadway producer who gets in way over his fast-talking head when he takes on a gargantuan epic about the French Revolution which he thinks is going to be his ticket to professional and personal reclamation. While trying to land a big star for the lead role, he uses all his powers of persuasion, seduction and intimidation to strong-arm the writer into massively rewriting his play. In 2012-2013 Shulman appeared in the film "The Word"

[Phillyred]

Sorry wrong guy!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Remember when someone there wanted to make a “racially inclusive” statue of the flag raising? It was ridiculous!

It was well panned on FR at that time.

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

FU Elizabeth Greenspit. What’s wrong, Elizabeth? No females or blacks in that pic???

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

Oooops.. My bad. I meant “FU Michael Sh!t-lan”, not Elizabeth.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

link to the racially inclusive statue...

http://www.akdart.com/warpage9.html

Imaginary History: “Picture three white fire fighters raising the American flag at Ground Zero. Then picture a magical transformation: a statue of one white, one black and one Hispanic. The rulers of political correctness didn’t like what really happened, so they plan to portray it the way they think it should have been.”

http://www.conservativetruth.org/archives/johnschmidt/01-20-02.shtml

[stanne]

Well, Americans were pretty rah rah New York after it happened but since New Yorkers are so rah rah surrender to islam, they’re messing with that

[newnhdad]

It’s not like Obama and his buddies like the flag either so..

[stanne]

The New Yorkers need to fire this guy today and hire a rah rah American immediately

I am not holding my breath

[Tennessee Nana]

Shulan said, “I really believe that the way America will look best, the way we can really do best, is to not be Americans so vigilantly and so vehemently.”
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and I think that the way Islam will look best, is to not have Islam at all...

Just do away with Islam...

that way we Americans can really do best, we can do what we are Constitutionally suppose to do, be Americans vigilantly and vehemently without the fear of death for just being Americans...

[Political Junkie Too]

“I really believe that the way America will look best, the way we can really do best, is to not be Americans so vigilantly and so vehemently.”

That seems to be the attitude towards border security, too.

-PJ

[IronJack]

“I really believe that the way America will look best, the way we can really do best, is to not be Americans so vigilantly and so vehemently.”

Oh noesssssss! We can't have THAT! After all, it was Lithuania that was attacked on 9/11, wasn't it?

Why aren't people like this fired immediately?

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

0bama agrees. He has canceled just about every event or program that generates patriotic nationalism for America, including manned space programs by NASA, fleet week and other military celebrations, White House tours for the public, etc.. He himself does his best to downplay America’s greatness, but when he does mention America he talks about “income inequality” or how Ho Chi Minh was inspired by our Forefathers.. WHAT AN A-HOLE!!!!

[bgill]

Good thing I’m not on the museum board because he’d be looking for a new job.

[I want the USA back]

Sure. Anything that shows pride in this country is bad, for the left.

[jagusafr]

Shulan said, “I really believe that the way America will look best, the way we can really do best, is to not be Americans so vigilantly and so vehemently.”

You, sir, are a fool. You do not deserve to be associated with a memorial to tragedy, bravery, heroism and patriotism.

[ponygirl]

Everything associated with the ground zero museum has been an absolute farce from the beginning. Starting with the two huge bathtub drains they installed in memory of the twin towers.

[chiefqc]

Won’t happen to a member of the mac daddy bath house club.

[Maudeen]

I agree he should be dismissed. I wonder how many other rah rah American items were omitted. There needs to be an open investigation.