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Sponsors Pull Funding From Central Park Theater For Trump Murder Scene
The Daily Caller ^ | 11:58 AM 06/12/2017 | FORD SPRINGER

Posted on 06/12/2017 4:01:53 PM PDT by COBOL2Java

Sponsors of a Manhattan-based theater company’s portrayal of Julius Caesar are pulling funding for the production after the company chose to present Caesar as a Trump look-alike who gets stabbed to death during the play.

Both Delta Air Lines and Bank of America announced they would be pulling their sponsorship of the production at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater on Sunday, Fox News reports.

“No matter what your political stance may be, the graphic staging of Julius Caesar at this summer’s Free Shakespeare in the Park does not reflect Delta Air Lines’ values,” the airline company said in a statement. “Their artistic and creative direction crossed the line on the standards of good taste.”

Bank of America also voiced its disapproval and claimed it never would have sponsored it in the first place if it knew what the theater company planned to do.

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To: null and void

There are PLENTY of sponsors still....NYT being one of them!


21 posted on 06/12/2017 7:06:13 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Fightin Whitey

Delta and Bank of America pulled their sponsorships.


22 posted on 06/12/2017 8:02:32 PM PDT by Catsrus (Don't let Hillary, the crook, off the hook.)
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To: richardtavor

There was a production with an Obama lookalike as Julius Caesar in 2012. There was even one with a woman resembling Hilary. I really don`t understand the outrage.

I recommend reading https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/06/the-misplaced-outrage-over-a-trumpian-julius-caesar/530037/ for more on the history of the play.


23 posted on 06/13/2017 1:47:19 AM PDT by MoraBlack
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To: PAR35
Good old PAR35 - FreeRepublic's posting Marm!


24 posted on 06/13/2017 3:54:20 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (RuPaul and Yertle - our illustrious Republican leaders up the Hill - God help us!)
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To: richardtavor

Your question is actually the solution to the problem: We need a Conservative group to have the same play, substituting Obama for Trump, make lots of noise then watch the reaction.


25 posted on 06/13/2017 4:41:21 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: PAR35

Before that occurred, I cancelled my card. I was on the phone June 7.


26 posted on 06/13/2017 12:03:05 PM PDT by griswold3
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