Opening act for Lucha Libre in Guadalajara?
Posted on 05/31/2017 10:04:29 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
The Grass Valley Center for the Arts has canceled Kathy Griffin's scheduled June 16 appearance at the Grass Valley Veteran's Memorial Building, said Julie Baker, the center's executive director. Baker announced the cancellation Wednesday, just one day after Griffin released a controversial photo of herself holding a mock version of President Trump's head, which was covered in fake blood and appeared decapitated. The photo was taken by Tyler Shields, a provocative Los Angeles-based celebrity photographer and contemporary artist. Griffin released a public apology Tuesday afternoon on Twitter. "I beg for your forgiveness," said Griffin in her 30-second apology video. "I went too far." Griffin's Grass Valley appearance was the first scheduled stop on her "Celebrity Run-Ins" stand-up comedy tour. "We bring a wide variety of arts and entertainment to our community and we booked Kathy Griffin's Celebrity Run-Ins because we felt now more than ever we needed a good laugh," said Baker. "Unfortunately due to recent actions for which she has publicly apologized, we have received hundreds of angry and threatening emails and phone calls including threats to the Vets Hall building and our community." Baker said that allowing the show to go on would be a threat to public safety. "We wholeheartedly support free speech, but in light of this situation, our first priority must be public safety, and we feel it is in the best interest of the community we serve to cancel this event," she said. Ticket holders for the event will receive a full refund from the box office.
(Excerpt) Read more at theunion.com ...
Well, the executive director did the right thing, but for absolutely the wrong reasons.
It's Kalifornia, Jake.
She didn’t expect the backlash to be so viral and quick because lefties live in a CNN bubble. They don’t watch Fox news or any conservative news so they think EVERYONE is a Trump hating, pussy hat wearing lib. If you flip channels between fox and cnn (exluding Shemp) you see 2 different worlds. It’s truly bizarre.
Another talentless leftist hack. Serious lack of sense to display a bloody decapitated head of the president. This is something one would expect the violent jihadists to display in an enraged parade of their murderous ways. Yeh she’s sorry she received the deserved backlash.
Just becaus you have freedom of speech doesn’t mean you are shielded from the consequences of that speech.
Griffin will start portraying herself as a victim of an Alt-Right conspiracy soon...I give it about a week.
It’s working keep up the pressure.
From what I’ve read,she had lot of gigs going on everywhere. You’d have to be pretty bored or brain dead to go to any of those events.It looks like the only thing she will be able to get would be the dunk tank at the carnival.
That's a very good catch.
As a wordsmith, I'm scratching my head (figuratively and literally, LOL). How would you describe an artist who dabbles in contemporary art?
“The photo was taken by Tyler Shields, a provocative Los Angeles-based celebrity photographer and artist who specializes in contemporary works.”
...well, that's my attempt. :-)
Opening act for Lucha Libre in Guadalajara?
“It’s Kalifornia, Jake.”
So is Free Republic.
Which President Trump is DE-FUNDING as fast as congress allows him to and what EO’s will do.
And i’m a Kalifornia native. Your point is?
Good. I hope it’s the end of this twat’s career, but it won’t be. It will lay low for 2-3 months, and then come back. Leftist defectives will flock to her shows and pay big bucks to see a shriveled-neck hag make out she’s funny.
Imagine, a noose.
The media would be calling it a terroristic threat or hate crime. And...the person that did it would be in jail and never heard from again.
Grass Valley is an affluent hippy town in California Gold Country, just east of Sacramento.
It's the only large assembly hall in the area and probably where the event was going to be held.
I have to say kudos to them - especially them. Grass Valley is a far-left hippy bastion in the mountains an hour and a half from Sacramento. Of course everyone should be appalled by this, but honestly this group is not exactly a bunch of Trump supporters. There may hope for a return to sanity in our country yet.
The sad part in all of this: She’s always been a hateful, perverse scumbag....why would ANYONE look at her body of work and hire her BEFORE this happened?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.