Read this. What Began as a War on Theater Won’t End There www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/o...

Thank you for sharing. What a world…

Culture is dangerous. That's part of MAGA's appeal. "[They] became frightened by its reach and impact, its interracial casting, its challenge to the status quo... by the prospect of Americans across racial, economic and political divides sitting cheek by jowl in packed playhouses."

Isn't R&J taught specifically so teens know not to make life altering mistakes in the first 20% of life?

I guess this is why every high school performance in my area are Disney adaptations.

So it began all the way back in the 30s. McCarthy was not an isolated incident in the history of US, he had a predecessor Dies. Very interesting.

In 2001 we were told that our public school would absolutely, positively, never even consider letting us do Rent. They considered Grease too risqué. GREASE.

It happens everywhere. Far right party in Spain banned Virginia Wolf’s “Orlando”, among many others, while shouting “freedom” and “leftist censorship everywhere”. During the Spanish Civil War, public school teachers were deliberately slaughtered by fascists. Culture is a threat.

Important history lesson: three years of robust government support for theater followed by many years of fear and McCarthyism. Theater is wonderful for regular people/dangerous to the powerful. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/o...

Opinion | What Began as a War on Theater Won’t End There

The current politically-driven suppression of theater productions in high schools has a grim historical precedent.

100%. Education and particularly the public school system are where a large part of the focus has been for some time. A lot of folks just have not noticed until just recently.

Of course that crap happens here in Iowa. I'm so exhausted from the culture warriors in my formerly "nice" state.