Posted on 06/16/2017 8:23:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The production was accused of promoting violence against the right as the contemporary take includes a bloody assassination of the main character modeled after the president.
Two protesters interrupted a controversial production of Julius Caesar on Friday, which features a Trump-like character in the role of Caesar, currently being put on by New York's Public Theater.
"Stop the normalization of political violence against the right! This is unacceptable," one protester yelled as she walked toward the stage, according to video she posted to Periscope. Security was called as the second protester yelled at the crowd, calling them "Nazis" and accusing members of the crowd of being like Joseph Goebbels. A New York Police Department official confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that a 24-year-old female protester was arrested and is currently in custody with charges pending.
The play, which runs through Sunday at Central Park's Delacorte Theatre, tells the story of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar but with contemporary costumes and its main character, played by Gregg Henry, sporting yellow hair, a Trump-style suit and long red tie. This version of the play, directed by the Public Theater's artistic director Oskar Eustis, also includes the character's assassination but this time it's the Trump figure who dies.
"Shame on Kathy Griffin and shame on all of you for promoting political violence against Donald Trump," she was heard yelling as she was led away. The two protesters posted their own videos of the event live online, and viewers in the audience captured the incident as well.
Though Delta and Bank of America this week pulled their sponsorship of New York's Public Theater because of the controversy surrounding the production, Actors' Equity Association remains supportive of the show.
Delta said that the play "crossed the line on the standards of good taste" and that the play "does not reflect Delta Air Lines' values," while Bank of America said it pulled its support as the play "was intended to provoke and offend," an intention that the company was not aware of.
Several Hollywood figures, including Beau Willimon, Carrie Coon and Amber Tamblyn, have voiced their support for the play, as American Express distanced itself in a statement this week from the production, but kept its sponsorship of the Public Theater.
Disrupting the peace, at a minimum.
Finally, some response to the evil and insanity.
...”“This version of the play, directed by the Public Theater’s artistic director Oskar Eustis, “
Remember that name.
And remember this face.”...
Never heard of him before. Guess I have never connected with his kind of “art.”
Hahahaha....good one.
I support the intent and purpose and sentiment of the protesters, but do not support their resort to law-breaking. If conservatives support “the rule of law,” shouldn’t we obey it?
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Exactly. I don’t understand why anyone would applaud this action. We don’t want to become like them.
Time for us to fight back - from the schools to the media to Hollywood. No more letting the left get away with murder.
“Not being like them” has gotten our side assaulted and shot at. Law enforcement and our political leadership are not supporting us. We have to fight back on our own. This was harmless, nothing was broken , nobody was hurt.
>I support the intent and purpose and sentiment of the protesters, but do not support their resort to law-breaking. If conservatives support “the rule of law,” shouldn’t we obey it?
It’s a good point. However the rule of law is dead in this country because the left and it’s just-us system ignores it. We need to spend a bit of time shoving the rules the left has made back down their own throats to help them see reason.
“This was harmless, nothing was broken , nobody was hurt.”
Exactly. Free speech gives her the right. She wasn’t shouting “Fire!” In a theater, or similar. Nobody was at risk of being hurt. We have been too nice for too long.
Et tu, Brutus?
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