Feedback: Rachel Corrie and the limits of theater
Friday, March 24, 2006 - 03:54 PM
Subject: Viner's (?) positon is absolutely correct. This is a work of art.
Viner's (?) positon is absolutely correct. This is a work of art.
I find the idea of "context" development, "community outreach", etc to be red herrings. The aim here is obviously censorship by a group of people opposed to the airing of the play and its perspective.
-BI
Subject: RACHEL CORRIE
America is about freedom of speech. The Left wing anti-Semitic crowd
has every right to be able to glorify the life of a terrorist
collaborator like Rachel who gave her life to protect the tunnels
feeding the terrorist network in Gaza.
-MF
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RE: rachel corrie play
theatres are probably afraid to produce anti-arab or anti-islamic plays becuase they may get burned down
-RF
Subject: Rachel C Discussion
This notion of outreach is absurd. Clearly as with everything else in this society, for this workshop it all comes down to the Benjamins. I'm a person of color, when August Wilson brought a play to stage, or any other playwright of color brings a play to stage did they consult members of the black or other minority communities to see how they would feel about the work?
This "controversy" highlights another issue that is primary in this society but is never talked about---and that is whenever anyone says or does anything that deals with the topic of Israel & Palestine that could be perceived in any way (no matter how small) as critical of Israel they can be or are afraid of being painted as anti-Semitic. Criticism of Israel does not equal anti-Semitism and it's about time people stand up and say so!
-SL
Subject: rachel corrie, murdered by israel, buried in new york
If Jews in America are so deadset about preventing news of the murder of an American patriot and peace activist by Israel reaching an American audience
that they will withdraw their funding, the theatre would be much better off
without them, and America would be better off to have this information
brought out as dramatically as possible.
-MGD
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