Tammy Bruce: The Hillary Follies continue -- this time they flop on Broadway

Washington Times ^ | 6/20/2019 | Tammy Bruce

[simpson96]

The Hillary Follies continue. For Democrats and the left (but I repeat myself), reality for them has always been a construction that they feed to you through media.

The desperate effort by Hillary Clinton and her supporters to keep her relevant through simple exposure in the media continues apace. But if being a celebrity is what makes a person important and valuable, then Mrs. Clinton might want to worry about O.J. Simpson’s rising Twitter star knocking her off her perch.

The latest news from the Hillary entertainment front is the sad failure of the “Hillary and Clinton” Broadway play. Maybe you didn’t even know there was such a thing, starring actors John Lithgow and Laurie Metcalf. And even those who did know, we’re not rushing to see it.

For some reason, even in super-bright neon blue New York, no one wanted to see “Hillary and Clinton.” According to the Hollywood Reporter, “The early closing date for ‘Hillary and Clinton‘ is due to underwhelming ticket sales. The play, which cost $4.2 million to produce, began performances in March and drew mixed-to-positive reviews, but has struggled to fill seats, reaching only 36 percent of its gross potential in the last two weeks.”

Underwhelming sales. Struggling to fill seats. Actually, this could have been very successful performance art as an example of what happened to Mrs. Clinton in Wisconsin and Michigan and Pennsylvania and Florida in 2016.

But in reality, this is a classic Democratic adventure: Have feelings, throw a lot of money at something that’s a bad idea in the first place, lose more money and then shrug and walk away, suffering with more feelings. The only good news in this case is that Democratic politicians and cheerleaders are now doing that to themselves instead of to you.

[BBQToadRibs]

I’d pay good money to not see it.

[reg45]

Don’t worry, PBS will broadcast it at taxpayers expense.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

All the crap they give Trump and they continue to treat as Gods hands down two of THE most corrupt politicians in US history, the Clinton crime family. Remember when the crime family in the 1990s was selling plots in Arlington cemetery? Larry Lawrence was his name, never served in the military but he paid off the crime family and got his plot. Imagine Trump doing that. And then renting out the White house, the Lincoln bedroom, people jumping up and down on the bed like they're at a frat party, the same room the Emancipation proclamation was signed. Total disrespect.

[1Old Pro]

this is a classic Democratic adventure: Have feelings, throw a lot of money at something that’s a bad idea in the first place, lose more money and then shrug and walk away, suffering with more feelings.

Usually the Dem adventures cost taxpayers a bundle as well.

[miss marmelstein]

B’way, especially in summer, is a tourist’s game. They want to see light-hearted musicals not watch John Lithgow in his underwear playing Clinton. But tell that to mega-lib idiot, Scott Rudin.

[Rummyfan]

How do you make a small fortune producing a play about the Clintons? Start with a large fortune!

[longfellow]

Metcalf missed the big bang finale for that?!

[EdnaMode]

Virtue signaling trumps everything in that industry.

[neverevergiveup]

That’s so disgusting and classless.

[jimmygrace]

If they actually told the TRUTH about the criminal Clintons, they would have sold out for years.

[LibertarianLiz]

Okay, I'm a bit confused about the title. Hillary and Clinton? Shouldn't it be either Rodham and Clinton, or; Hillary and Bill?