Broadway producer James L. Simon tears down Israeli hostage flier in NYC

NY Post ^ | John Levine and Matthew Sedaca

[Impala64ssa]

A Broadway theater producer is the latest New Yorker to be caught on film brazenly tearing down fliers of civilians in Israel kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, The Post has learned.

In a video shared online by neighborhood blog I Love the Upper West Side, James L. Simon, who co-produced the 2022 Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” is seen at West 62nd Street and Broadway using scissors to remove a poster featuring one of the roughly 200 hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel.

The stone-faced Simon then crumpled up the flier, which had been taped to a traffic sensor box in the heavily Jewish neighborhood, before chucking it into a garbage can and silently walking off, the footage showed.

“You’re going to a dark and devious place if you’ve come to a place where you’re ripping posters off the wall of Israeli hostages, of innocent people held captive by terrorists,” former Broadway producer Adam Epstein, who hosts the podcast Dirty Moderate, told The Post.

Simon, who has also produced Broadway revivals of “Pippin” and “Bells Are Ringing,” told The Post he took down the fliers for the purpose of keeping the city’s streets clean, not for antisemitic reasons, and apologized for offending anyone. “I’m a strong supporter of free speech and encourage people to express their opinions, but all I’m asking is to do it legally,” he said, citing city Sanitation Department rules.

Videos of New Yorkers ripping down similar kidnap posters around the city have surfaced, putting on blast a New York University student, teens on the Upper East Side, and Brooklyn husband-wife couple.

[Impala64ssa]

"he took down the fliers for the purpose of keeping the city’s streets clean, not for antisemitic reasons, and apologized for offending anyone." This is one of the most lameass pathetic attempt at 🐂💩ing I've ever witnessed, especially from such a supposedly talented and prolific playwright. Betchya he wouldn't have the balls to tear off any marxist propaganda plastered to any city owned property. And he'd be OK if a fag flag,or BLACK LIVES MATTER were painted that puke green in front of his overpriced townhouse.

[skr]

If it had fallen on the actual street, I might’ve believed him. Has he disposed of any other posters or scrubbed off any graffiti lately?

[Sarah Barracuda]

Figures, just look at that putz..broadway producer equals flaming homo who would be thrown off a damn building if he were to step foot into Gaza

[Jane Long]

Evil has taken over, in that God forsaken city.

[Ann Archy]

Isn’t he JEWISH?

[kiryandil]

I did Nazi this coming from this antisemite POS...

[Lurker]

If I ever see someone doing this I’m going to lay a world class ass kicking on whoever it is, man or woman.

L

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Simon, who has also produced Broadway revivals of “Pippin” and “Bells Are Ringing,” told The Post he took down the fliers for the purpose of keeping the city’s streets clean, not for antisemitic reasons, and apologized for offending anyone.

The man must tear down posters and fliers every single day, then. Right? No?

Dude sounds like a total coward. If you're going to be a hate-filled anti-Semite, own it. Don't come up with pathetic lies when you get caught.

[P.O.E.]

I haven’t seen a Broadway show in 20 years (had to go to chaperone a school trip). Think I’ll make it another 20. At least.

[Flavious_Maximus]

Sigmund Freud would have a field day, psycho-analyzing these self hating Jews.

And it seems most of these “patients” are from New York City. /spit

[liberalh8ter]

There are plenty of anti-Israel Jews, unfortunately. I'll never understand it.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

During WW2 did this ever happen? Nazis mass kill Jewish babies, children, women and thousands of Nazis in Brooklyn have a parade supporting it? I wonder how many FBI agents are investigating this. Look at this...

https://nypost.com/2023/10/28/news/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-photos-analysis-4/

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

“I’m a strong supporter of free speech and encourage people to express their opinions, but all I’m asking is to do it legally,” he said

Who is this guy, Felix Unger?

[lowbridge]

““I’m a strong supporter of free speech and encourage people to express their opinions, but all I’m asking is to do it legally,” he said, citing city Sanitation Department rules.”

And who elected or appointed him to be the official city sanitation enforcer? Because I never heard anything about it.

[No name given]

Indeed.

[No name given]

Sadly.

[Westbrook]

Isn’t he a Jew?

[popdonnelly]

The guy’s a damn liar.

[SaveFerris]

(“Death of a Salesman,”)

“Life of a Salesman,”

That’s what people want to see

[popdonnelly]

I’m appalled by the amount of hatred exhibited by ordinary Americans. Everybody should know what will happen to Israelis if the Muslim Islamics defeat the Israelis.