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On her "Justice" program Saturday night (Nov. 19), Judge Jeanine Pirro tore into the "Hamilton" cast for their "inappropriate and disgusting" comments toward Vice President-elect Mike Pence at the hit Broadway show ...
Dear MI2AZ:I did read where Pence said he heard what was said and was not offended by it but I still don't know what was said.
AND.........Pence was there with his family , and to have a good time......not to get lectured to by a twobit actor.
There is a time and a place and that was neither .
I didn't think the statement made was overly offensive, and neither did Pence. But it was done in poor taste, at the wrong place and at the wrong time. Unless a member of the audience of a play is actively disrupting the performance, the cast should never berate any person in attendance of the performance. Perhaps a better idea for the cast would have been to invite the VP elect to meet with the cast backstage in private and then relay their fears to him where he could have given them a personal response.
Consider the hypocrisy. When the producers issued their casting call, it was specifically stated that they were seeking non-white performers. Such racial "requirements" go against state and federal law, and further, it's against the rules of Actors Equity. Quoting from the "EEO & Diversity" chapter in the actorsequity.org Web site ...
Actors' Equity endorses the goals of diversity, inclusion, and the principles of equal opportunity for all who work in the theatre industry, and condemns racism, prejudice, discrimination and exclusion in the theatre. To these ends, we encourage employment and production opportunities in all disciplines and areas of theatrical production to include persons of every race, color, culture, age, gender, physical disability and sexual orientation, thereby achieving a theatre industry, both on and off stage, that reflects the full diversity of American society.
Why doesn't the lamestream media comment on that? And why hasn't the situation been investigated by Obama's Justice Department?
Consider the hypocrisy. When the producers issued their casting call, it was specifically stated that they were seeking non-white performers. Such racial "requirements" go against state and federal law, and further, it's against the rules of Actors Equity. Quoting from the "EEO & Diversity" chapter in the actorsequity.org Web site ...
Actors' Equity endorses the goals of diversity, inclusion, and the principles of equal opportunity for all who work in the theatre industry, and condemns racism, prejudice, discrimination and exclusion in the theatre. To these ends, we encourage employment and production opportunities in all disciplines and areas of theatrical production to include persons of every race, color, culture, age, gender, physical disability and sexual orientation, thereby achieving a theatre industry, both on and off stage, that reflects the full diversity of American society.
Why doesn't the lamestream media comment on that? And why hasn't the situation been investigated by Obama's Justice Department?
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the writer of the play is of Puerto Rican descent.Interesting, wasn't the guy that wrote/produced/directed it white????
Amy who?And?????????
1. That was better than all of the shit going on in the streets.
2. It was at the end of the show, unlike Amy's comedy routine when she talked about stuff in the middle. I paid for comedy, not politics.
3. Everyone keeps forgetting when the shoe was on the other foot, and BHO was going into office. I didn't like him, but still, things were said.
... but, for instance, has Obama ever gone to a music concert and been singled out by the performer(s) for political commentary, or has he gone to an athletic event and had to deal with political comments from players or team management?There's been much worse posted here about the sitting President so I'm sure he got an earful wherever he went.