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Funny how Delta didn't have a problem when Obama was the inspiration for a production of Julius Caesar -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Jun 12 '17, 17:59

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http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Delta-Sponsored-2012-Guthrie-Theater-Season-Which-Featured-Obama-Inspired-Julius-Caesar-20170612 (www.broadwayworld.com)

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This broke out into 'a thing'. That didn't. If it had, I expect sponsors would have reacted. - ty97 Jun 12, 19:26
Yeah, it's almost like there wasn't a major pr shit storm about someone depicting a president being killed weeks before that other one. -- nm - Ender Jun 12, 18:05 11
- lol, okay. -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 18:37
- Sure, that's why. - Reagen Jun 12, 18:17 9
  - Noone would have heard of this one if Kathy Griffin didn't shit the bed. - Ender Jun 12, 18:27 8
    - I doubt this, but who knows. -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 19:26 1
      - (Kathy didn't help of course, but I tend to think this still would have become 'a thing') -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 19:27
    - Yeah I can just imagine Fox News shaking their fist at the heavens... - znufrii Jun 12, 19:19
    - Or, people were rational about a play that has a history of being adapted to modern situations when it came to Obama. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 18:36 4
      - Frankly, the themes of Julius Caesar - the assassins claim higher motives but have none, and everything goes to crap once the "tyrant" is removed - - Roger More Jun 12, 18:46
      - Or maybe it's a complex issue involving context and can't just be chalked up to "our team is much more rational than the other team". -- nm* - Ender Jun 12, 18:42 2
        
        Well sure, if you ignore the evidence -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 19:27
        
        In this case... -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 18:44

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