koshergrl
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The Misplaced Outrage Over a Trumpian 'Julius Caesar'
In 2015, a production of Julius Caesar at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence gave a spin to the Shakespearian history play by reimagining the title character as a woman. The show was largely interpreted by critics to be referencing Hillary Clinton, especially considering that when its “Caesar” was murdered at the beginning of Act Three she was wearing a striking white pantsuit.
A 2012 production by The Acting Company cast Bjorn DuPaty as Caesar, an actor whose resemblance to President Obama was noted by many critics. Noah Millman of The American Conservative praised the show’s timely inferences:
Director Rob Melrose has set his Caesar at our precise historical moment, in Obama’s Washington, D.C. The capital is rocked by “Occupy Rome” protests. His Caesar (the suavely confident Bjorn DuPaty) is a tall, charismatic African-American politician; ... but the audience is unquestionably going to read him as an Obama stand-in nonetheless
I don't recall Republicans staging Shakespeare plays portraying the bloody assassination of Obama.
Nobody cares. I certainly don't.
Let them produce crappy garbage. So long as we all have the right to call it crappy garbage and we aren't forced to watch it, I could care less.
But not on the government dime. Cut all funding to this bullshit. Which I believe we already are doing.
Trump's Budget Plan Cuts Funding For Arts, Humanities And Public Media
Ten Good Reasons to Eliminate Funding for the National Endowment for the Arts