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Anonymous wrote:Inappropriate for the cast to have done this.
They had a job to do - entertain.
They failed at that by feeling the need to deliver a partisan political message.

Which part of that message was partisan? That was a direct statement of their feelings and fears to the man who has been elected vice president.

They didn't challenge his legitimacy. They didn't refuse to perform while he was in the audience.

They did their job, and at the end of the show they used their opportunity to ask him to make sure the administration he is a part of represents them, as well.

Did they deliver the same message to Hillary when she was in attendance? No?
It was a partisan message. And, not appropriate.

So don't go see the show. They don't care.

If you stand with injustice, you are guilty of injustice. I will not be silent. They will not be silent.

They are a diverse cast. Whether you believe it or not, we are afraid.

Anonymous wrote:As someone who voted for Trump in part because he isn't afraid to say what he thinks, I think it's rather silly for him than get worked up when others say what they think. He needs to buckle down and focus on governing, because if he spends 4 years constantly responding to comments that offend him, it's going to be a long 4 years. Haters gonna hate, its time to rise above it.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, let me tell you how life really works in Donald Trump world. Trump can pick up the phone and call Jim Nederlander, president of the organization that owns the Richard Rodgers Theater (where Hamilton is performed) and put some financial pressure on the producer. "Hamilton" was a big risk for the Nederlanders, and they took it. But you know there were some pretty hefty financial deals cut to get the show into that particular theater.

Trump and Nederlander speak the same language.
Let's see what happens next.

Jimmy Nederlander died in July.

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Anonymous wrote:Inappropriate for the cast to have done this.
They had a job to do - entertain.
They failed at that by feeling the need to deliver a partisan political message.

I'm pretty sure the audience was entertained. And most likely agreed with the cast. And if others don't like it, they can sell their tickets to someone else.

"No whites need apply" ...to the cast of Hamilton.

"Do as I say, not as I do."
What a cast of Hillary liars.

Why weren't there more white in The Wiz? And what about Dreamgirls? By the way, Google Jonathan Groff.

DP. The Wiz was always supposed to be a black version of the Oz story. Dreamgirls is literally about black ladies. It makes sense that those shows wouldn't want to cast whites.

But a show about the founding fathers??

And, no, I won't google Groffsauce. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Inappropriate for the cast to have done this.
They had a job to do - entertain.
They failed at that by feeling the need to deliver a partisan political message.

It does seem arrogant and entitled.

What's arrogant and entitled is Pence demanding tickets to a sold out show for himself, family and secret service.

Exactly. How did he get the tickets? Connections. Typical GOP abuse of power.

Anonymous wrote:It's amusing that celebrities actually think that intelligent person gives two shits about their political views.

Anonymous wrote:If I were in Pence's shoes, I would be comfortable with the message from the cast. However, the crowd booing before the message feels like bullying.

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Anonymous wrote:Inappropriate for the cast to have done this.
They had a job to do - entertain.
They failed at that by feeling the need to deliver a partisan political message.

It does seem arrogant and entitled.

What's arrogant and entitled is Pence demanding tickets to a sold out show for himself, family and secret service.

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Sorry, completely inappropriate. The man was just trying to have a pleasant evening out with his family, and he has to be subjected to that.

First of all, there was nothing disrespectful in the post show comments.

Second of all, if Pence is too thinned skin for that feedback from fellow Americans, then he is in for a very rough ride as Vice President.

i have no problem if the cast member delivered the same message privately after the show (or before). But to do it publicly makes it a partisan and inappropriate statement.

What's next, will national anthem signers at ball games make personal statements in front of 40,000 people after singing the anthem. Will metro train drives start making annoucements over the intercom on the Red Line? Is that also appropriate? No, because that is not the time or place for expressing their personal opinions.

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Anonymous wrote:Inappropriate for the cast to have done this.
They had a job to do - entertain.
They failed at that by feeling the need to deliver a partisan political message.

Which part of that message was partisan? That was a direct statement of their feelings and fears to the man who has been elected vice president.

They didn't challenge his legitimacy. They didn't refuse to perform while he was in the audience.

They did their job, and at the end of the show they used their opportunity to ask him to make sure the administration he is a part of represents them, as well.

Sorry, completely inappropriate. The man was just trying to have a pleasant evening out with his family, and he has to be subjected to that.

Anonymous wrote:As someone who voted for Trump in part because he isn't afraid to say what he thinks, I think it's rather silly for him than get worked up when others say what they think. He needs to buckle down and focus on governing, because if he spends 4 years constantly responding to comments that offend him, it's going to be a long 4 years. Haters gonna hate, its time to rise above it.

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Anonymous wrote:Inappropriate for the cast to have done this.
They had a job to do - entertain.
They failed at that by feeling the need to deliver a partisan political message.

I'm pretty sure the audience was entertained. And most likely agreed with the cast. And if others don't like it, they can sell their tickets to someone else.

"No whites need apply" ...to the cast of Hamilton.

"Do as I say, not as I do."
What a cast of Hillary liars.

Why weren't there more white in The Wiz? And what about Dreamgirls? By the way, Google Jonathan Groff.

DP. The Wiz was always supposed to be a black version of the Oz story. Dreamgirls is literally about black ladies. It makes sense that those shows wouldn't want to cast whites.

But a show about the founding fathers??

And, no, I won't google Groffsauce. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:If I were in Pence's shoes, I would be comfortable with the message from the cast. However, the crowd booing before the message feels like bullying.

People have booed politicians as long as there have been politicians. But bullying is using the power of the state to tell me who I can and can't sleep with, who I can marry, whether I can adopt, where I can shop, and what medical decisions I am able to make in consultation with my physician.

Just because people have always booed politicians does not make it right. I agree that all the scenarios you listed are much more troubling that booing Pence in a theater. But Pence and his family should not be booed when they go out to relax. That is bullying.

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Anonymous wrote:Inappropriate for the cast to have done this.
They had a job to do - entertain.
They failed at that by feeling the need to deliver a partisan political message.

I'm pretty sure the audience was entertained. And most likely agreed with the cast. And if others don't like it, they can sell their tickets to someone else.

"No whites need apply" ...to the cast of Hamilton.

"Do as I say, not as I do."
What a cast of Hillary liars.

Why weren't there more white in The Wiz? And what about Dreamgirls? By the way, Google Jonathan Groff.

DP. The Wiz was always supposed to be a black version of the Oz story. Dreamgirls is literally about black ladies. It makes sense that those shows wouldn't want to cast whites.

But a show about the founding fathers??

And, no, I won't google Groffsauce. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

The genre is "art." Why don't you write and produce a musical celebrating the enslavement of people by Washington, Jefferson and other founding fathers, or did you miss the critical point about the differing visions of America promoted by Hamilton and Jefferson? Better yet, go see one of the thousands of movies in which characters have been whitewashed. Knowledge of history is important. The stupidity is unfathomable.