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‘White Privilege’: ‘Ferguson' Actors Melt Down, Kicked Off Stage
Free Market Central ^ | 11/8/2017

Posted on 11/08/2017 7:45:47 AM PST by sloop3

New York: There were chaotic scenes at the closing of the controversial FERGUSON play in Manhattan. The near riot situation took place at the closing night curtain, when cast member, Cedric Benjamin, who plays Michael Brown’s friend Dorian Johnson, urged the standing room audience to turn on their phones and record him as he accused the FERGUSON play of being unbalanced and biased. Benjamin’s rant was shut down by director Jerry Dixon, calling the actor “unprofessional” and ordered him to stop and told the cast the performance was over and they were "dismissed." As the argument and shouting spilled into the foyer and the street Benjamin attacked playwright Phelim McAleer and accused him of "White Arrogance."

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KEYWORDS: attentionwhore; blacklivesmatter; ferguson; mcaleer; police; race; theater
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Heated confrontation caught on video. Must watch.
1 posted on 11/08/2017 7:45:48 AM PST by sloop3
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To: sloop3

One piranha gets cut and it’s all over.


2 posted on 11/08/2017 7:47:25 AM PST by servo1969
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To: sloop3

I don’t get it.
Was he criticizing the play or the production?..............


3 posted on 11/08/2017 7:47:52 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: sloop3

When a person believes firmly in something on an emotional level, the last thing that will change their mind is reason. It’ll actually make them respond thusly.

He believes so firmly that it was an injustice there is literally no way to change his mind.


4 posted on 11/08/2017 7:49:12 AM PST by Bogey78O (So far so good.)
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To: sloop3

My first thought (without seeing video) was that this was a publicity stunt.


5 posted on 11/08/2017 7:49:58 AM PST by pinkandgreenmom
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To: sloop3

I’m sure the play promotes the truth of what really happened /s


6 posted on 11/08/2017 7:50:15 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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"Benjamin’s rant was shut down by director Jerry Dixon, calling the actor “unprofessional” and ordered him to stop"

So, he took away the actor's freedom of speech. Maybe the actor should have knelt while speaking.

7 posted on 11/08/2017 7:51:39 AM PST by circlecity
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To: sloop3

I just watched the video...

Did I hear him right when he claimed 42% of black people shot by police are unarmed?

That’s completely incorrect.


8 posted on 11/08/2017 7:54:58 AM PST by Bogey78O (So far so good.)
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To: Red Badger

i don’t know but he destroys the narrative of BLM...he claims in the 1st six months of this year 492 people were shot by cops and 242 were black...


9 posted on 11/08/2017 7:56:31 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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FERGUSON only consists of eyewitness testimony and shows why the Grand Jury refused to indict Police Officer Daren Wilson.

It has been described as the first Conservative play ever in New York.

Wouldn't that be more like ' the first Conservative play in the Country'?

10 posted on 11/08/2017 7:56:40 AM PST by GOPJ ( http://fakehatecrimes.org/ - List of fake hate crimes against traditional/conserva tive Americans)
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To: sloop3

It might’ve been credible if Benjamin complained at the start of the play.


11 posted on 11/08/2017 7:57:12 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: pinkandgreenmom

I checked out the video.

The actor decided in his closing speech to go off script and claim cops are killing unarmed black men. An actress standing next to him takes up for him.

The actor probably figured since the play is closing out he’ll try and launch himself and make a scene saying he opposed the play and supports the lies.


12 posted on 11/08/2017 7:57:34 AM PST by Bogey78O (So far so good.)
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To: Bogey78O

Yep... like all libs, emotions trump reason.


13 posted on 11/08/2017 7:58:59 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: Bogey78O

If we don’t attempt to use reason against these arguments it’s worse.

Blacks are smart enough to understand logic... to say otherwise is insulting to the many people in the black community who can easily get beyond ‘emotion and hype’...


14 posted on 11/08/2017 8:00:00 AM PST by GOPJ ( http://fakehatecrimes.org/ - List of fake hate crimes against traditional/conserva tive Americans)
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To: Moonman62

Actually... it does. Its a “conservative” play that attempts to inject the truth of what really happened into the popular narrative. Which is why Cedric went nuts.


15 posted on 11/08/2017 8:00:16 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: God luvs America

So they shot more whites.................


16 posted on 11/08/2017 8:01:52 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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The play FERGUSON is simply an exact reading of the grand jury transcript. It exposes all the lies of hands up don’t shoot. My guess is that he took this gig so he could pull off this protest.


17 posted on 11/08/2017 8:03:24 AM PST by doug from upland (Stand and honor the flag --- locking arms BS doesn't cut it)
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To: sloop3

I’ll wait for the movie and then i will skip that too.


18 posted on 11/08/2017 8:04:47 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: bigdaddy45

Thanks for letting me know. That’s good news.


19 posted on 11/08/2017 8:04:47 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: doug from upland

Exactly...........Facts don’t matter to these people. They are irrelevant. Only the narrative matters..............


20 posted on 11/08/2017 8:05:57 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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