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31. Did you think, at the time, that that production supported violence?

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Pro-Trump protester storms stage at Julius Caesar performance [View all] brooklynite Jun 2017 OP

and so it begins....... a kennedy Jun 2017 #1

Next stop: theater bombings. sandensea Jun 2017 #2

+Infinity. But also go after Socialists and Communists (like me) too. - nt KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #75

You ain't lying. sandensea Jun 2017 #83

+1 Blue_Tires Jun 2017 #86

" " " " MBS Jun 2017 #19

Aren't these snowflakes the ones always screaming about "freedom of speech"...? regnaD kciN Jun 2017 #3

yes and 'political correctness' luvMIdog Jun 2017 #11

everyone's a critic nt msongs Jun 2017 #4

:) WhoWoodaKnew Jun 2017 #39

Many people waiting on line since 3AM? Not Ruth Jun 2017 #5

And wouldn't those people you know that waited be pissed if they had this crap go down lunasun Jun 2017 #6

Of course they would Not Ruth Jun 2017 #8

A couple of years ago. I was at a small theater watching a modernized version of sinkingfeeling Jun 2017 #43

That is postively Pirandello-esque! Thanks for sharing! - nt KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #76

He showed up on the waitline 5 minutes before showtime and still got tickets Not Ruth Jun 2017 #58

Isn't Shakespeare in the Park free, and open seating? forgotmylogin Jun 2017 #65

It is in a fairly large outdoor theatre with assigned seats Not Ruth Jun 2017 #70

and what the hell do they think we have had to listen to from right wing media since the Bush years luvMIdog Jun 2017 #7

Et tu, Tweetus? N/t torius Jun 2017 #9

"Sauce for the goose, Mr. Savik. " broadcaster90210 Jun 2017 #10

I don't think I'll be listening to anyone on the right feign outrage over political violence. Solly Mack Jun 2017 #12

They never mention when the Obama White House was shot at... Archae Jun 2017 #49

Exactly. They are pretending they give a fuck. Solly Mack Jun 2017 #50

So, Fox Noise has a night out at the theater DFW Jun 2017 #13

Boo Protesters. Hooray Art! HappyBeing Jun 2017 #14

Well, you've certainly come to the right place! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2017 #15

Hey, welcome to DU, HappyBeing! :) Hortensis Jun 2017 #16

Happy, Welcome to the bright side of the road. mobeau69 Jun 2017 #29

HOORAY ART! Zoonart Jun 2017 #32

OK everyone needs to chill and give her a break. She protested when it was Obama. DRoseDARs Jun 2017 #17

Was it near the massacre?? 7962 Jun 2017 #26

Let's ask the foremost expert on those events... DRoseDARs Jun 2017 #28

I gotta take that one!! 7962 Jun 2017 #34

Jack Posobiec was asked to leave Comet Ping Pong last fall mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author bobGandolf Jun 2017 #20

A play that depicts the assassination of a current president has to expect pushback. Chemisse Jun 2017 #21

The play is depicting the assassination of Julius Caesar. Demit Jun 2017 #22

I always felt that JC got the short end of the stick. nt NCjack Jun 2017 #23

Um, make that the "short end of the dagger" :) - nt KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #77

Making everything modern except the names doesnt excuse it. 7962 Jun 2017 #25

Interesting how you put the word right in scare quotes. Demit Jun 2017 #30

Scare quotes? Ha, thats a new one. Creative is in the eye of the beholder. 7962 Jun 2017 #35

If the phrase scare quotes is new to you, you should look it up. Demit Jun 2017 #52

One person doesnt get to tell the whole world they're "creative", 7962 Jun 2017 #54

You are confusing the definitions of art & creativity. Demit Jun 2017 #59

Of course it can! Just not to me. Which is fine! 7962 Jun 2017 #60

You know there was a production of this where JC looked like Obama, also a Bush .... bettyellen Jun 2017 #55

I do remember Obama but not bush. Didnt like that either. Hardly creative. 7962 Jun 2017 #61

Well it's a common way to get new audiences to relate to Shakespeare - I saw Hamlet on Bway set in.. bettyellen Jun 2017 #69

That's the narrative I'd push as well... LanternWaste Jun 2017 #85

Pretty neat, tho. joshcryer Jun 2017 #63

Did you ever read Nicholson Baker's short novella "Checkpoint"? I'd be curious KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #78

No, I havent read it. but i would HATE that ending! 7962 Jun 2017 #84

I am equally uncomfortable that they depicted an Obama character a few years ago, in the same role. Chemisse Jun 2017 #27

Did you think, at the time, that that production supported violence? Demit Jun 2017 #31

Oh, for heaven's sake, it's a modernization of Shakespeare! sinkingfeeling Jun 2017 #45

How did you feel when it was an Obama figure who was being brutally killed? Chemisse Jun 2017 #46

No, if they were using a black. Obama look-alike actor for JC, I would sinkingfeeling Jun 2017 #47

The play depicts the murder of a would-be dictator. Who the senators THINK is a dictator. Demit Jun 2017 #62

A group of "honorable" men (to quote Marc Antony's seminal funerary oration) - nt KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #79

Producers have been doing Shakespeare in contemporary dress Retrograde Jun 2017 #66

Back then,, it carried some real political consequences and not just from garden-variety KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #80

Pushback, yes. Rushing the stage, no. But I ask you ... broadcaster90210 Jun 2017 #72

As do movies about the American Civil War. - nt KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #81

Don't go see Richard III or MacBeth or any of that other stuff, then... Blue_Tires Jun 2017 #87

burn books, scared of theater like Julius Caesar, ban games, afraid of fiction movies, hate songs Sunlei Jun 2017 #24

It's ignorance, unfortunately. n/t janx Jun 2017 #56

no exposure to theater, concerts, the classics..really a shame. they don't know what they've missed Sunlei Jun 2017 #64

All people would have to do is read the original play-- janx Jun 2017 #67

The stage jumper Jack Posobie says he's a movie director, he should know & understand the play. Sunlei Jun 2017 #68

I'm totally going to see that play. Pack those seats! Plus the play, as written, is awesome so Squinch Jun 2017 #33

Posobiec reminds me of that O'Keefe guy-always looking for attention. riversedge Jun 2017 #36

Does anyone else think "Posobiec" UpInArms Jun 2017 #37

LOL - More likely Hungarian or Czech, I'm guessing. - nt KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #82

When do the book burnings begin?! HAB911 Jun 2017 #38

Fucking idiots. mn9driver Jun 2017 #40

Laura Loomer and Jack Posobiec 'own' the "Citizens for Trump" group. If anyone else disrupted a play Sunlei Jun 2017 #41

Exactly... Like when BLM jumped on stage at the net-roots event hughee99 Jun 2017 #53

Do these people even know who Shakespeare was and when he wrote the play? sinkingfeeling Jun 2017 #42

Whatever. How many thousands of Obama effigies were hung and burned? Flaleftist Jun 2017 #44

Unlike Trump, Caesar really was popular... ucrdem Jun 2017 #48

Pick any 3. C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #51

Safespace-Seeking Special Snowflakes, Mc Mike Jun 2017 #57

Shouldn't the actors have stood their ground? broadcaster90210 Jun 2017 #71

The most unkindest cut of all is that he misspelled Caesar. nt ucrdem Jun 2017 #73

Shadows of Victor Hugo's "Hernani" - nt KingCharlemagne Jun 2017 #74