Posted on 06/12/2017 6:45:45 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Delta Airlines and Bank of America pulled out of their sponsorship of New York’s Public Theater on Sunday over a production of “Julius Caesar” that re imagines the main character as President Trump.
Shortly after Delta, who was a four-year sponsor, made its announcement, Bank of America yanked its support as well.
The Shakespeare in the Park play tells the story of the leader assassinated by Roman senators over the fear that he’s becoming too tyrannical, but rather than the original setting, the production stages Caesar (Gregg Henry) and his wife, Calpurnia, (Tina Benko) with Donald and Melania Trump lookalikes.
Henry, who already played a Trump stand-in on “Scandal” last year, models his Caesar almost perfectly after the man in the Oval Office. He meets his end after being stabbed to death by women and minorities on stage.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
On top of that a civil law suit should happen for so much money it will shut down the play house permanently.
Guess they were feeling the heat.
Delta, Bank of America drop NYC theater sponsorships over Trump-like ‘Julius Caesar’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3560106/posts
Delta Ends Sponsorship of New York’s Public Theater Over Trump-like ‘Julius Caesar’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3560060/posts
Delta Airlines Dumps NYC’s Public Theater Over ‘Graphic’ Trumpified ‘Julius Caesar’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3560055/posts
I should have mentioned any existing sponsors of this show should have their chiefs (CEO, President, etc..) immediately arrested and charged too with the maximum penalty of the law. They get a felony for every time the show ran and they sponsored it. Let them lawyer up too.
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American Express provided a statement to Newsweek via email: "We offer access to hundreds of entertainment options for our Card Members. The Public Theater puts on many shows. Our sponsorship does not go toward the funding of the production of Shakespeare in the Park and we do not condone this interpretation of the play."
Thanks...
I did a search and nothing came up? This is probably why this article has been posted 4 times now.
The search engine for articles only appears to work about 50% of the time.
LIB/Lefties are such violent a**es. Last century they and their ilk murdered over 100,000,000 human beings.
https://issuu.com/publictheaterny/docs/public_speaking_1516_v9_final/1?ff=true&e=12880904/40743273
see pages 34-35 for list of funders
These are some sick, sick commie lib mofos.
DEMOCRATS! The party of death! Do what they say or die!
If this play was about Obama the inner cities would be on fire.
Anyone with an American Express card should be calling in with a demand that they cease sponsorship or you will cease owning an AMEX card.
I want the list of companies that did NOT pull out...
If they think JC Penney and Target are having a rough time they ain’t seen nothing yet. Let’s get the list.
They pushed to have him fired. And the middle class working man lost his job.
Liberal elites and their whorish snowflakes didn't think the rodeo clown was showing enough respect for the office of President of the United States.
Hey Bob Woodward, Chris Matthews and fat ugly Hollywood scum... and Jeremy Peters... how 'outraged' are you about President Trump being beat up and murdered for the entertainment and fun for liberal elite human filth?
Yeah. Someone needs to remind @PublicTheaterNY about THAT ‘portrayal’.
Remember the rodeo clown in Missouri....
Where’s the list of companies that are still supporting this violence porn?
I will NEVER buy their products again...
Sponsors of the theatre
https://publictheater.org/About/Sponsors/
Bank of America, Time Warner, American Express, New York Magazine, Sternberg, Levin, and Blavatnik Family Foundations and various other funding sources.
I thought theatre people were supposed to happy-go-lucky types. Apparently in NY they’re twisted, angry liberals.
Council on the Arts and Time Warner might be easy targets...
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