Posted on 12/23/2016 1:23:17 PM PST by ColdOne
full title....................Participation is voluntary and there's a waitlist: Rockettes hit back at dancer who says she will perform at Trump's inauguration with tears in her eyes....................The famed Radio City Hall Rockettes will not be forced to participate in the group's planned performance next month in Washington DC for Donald Trump's election.
The American Guild of Variety Artists, the union which is meant to protect the girls, said that any plans for the women to refuse to perform at the show are invalid.
'Everyone is entitled to her own political beliefs, but there is no room for this in the workplace,' said the union in a letter obtained by Broadway World.
It closed out by saying: 'If you are not full time, you do not have to sign up to do this work. If you are full time, you are obligated.
'Doing the best performance to reflect an American Institution which has been here for over 90 years is your job. I hope this pulls into focus the bottom line on this work.'
Soon after this however Madison Square Garden Company said in a statement that all Rockettes need to sign up in order to be considered for an event and that there was already a wait list due to the number of women interested,m so no one would be performing against their will.
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I’m all in....
I am too.
I like your idea.
How far does this go, would this gal perform for Trump voters in an audience? Half the people going into Radio City are tourists from fly over country...RED COUNTIES! They are risking half their profits if they keep up this crap.
“We need some kick ass bands to play.”
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Excellent idea. There is plenty of military or church musical talent that can be tapped for this event.
Ummm, I hope that was sarcasm, because I actually love the Rockettes. Their show is very entertaining!
I think I first saw them perform for Khrushchev (dating myself), didn’t care for them then, don’t now.
Hopefully they won’t. Hopefully they spend the next eight years making themselves irrelevant pariahs, so much so that they can’t fill venues in China and North Korea.
It’s long past time for the entertainment business to get its ass kicked.
I wasn’t talking about the union. It’s liberal show business in general that is imposing the blacklist. Hollywood and New York performers are putting immense pressure on artists not to perform for Trump. A hundred stories have been written about this.
I wasnt talking about the union. Its liberal show business in general that is imposing the blacklist. Hollywood and New York performers are putting immense pressure on artists not to perform for Trump. A hundred stories have been written about this.
Funny. I only know 2 libs and I’d rather see them squirm in the pain they’ve put themselves in.
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