My latest in PJ Media:
You’ve heard of theatre of the absurd? Well, here’s some more: the Daily Wire reported Friday that “a Minnesota suburban theater canceled its production of ‘Cinderella,’ citing that the cast had too many white actors.” Whiteness is the root of all evil these days, and Minnesota, what with its winsome Rep. Ilhan Omar, is a national epicenter of white shame, but this is over the top even for the Hating Whitey industry.
According to the Daily Wire, “Chanhassen Dinner Theatres announced on its website that the production of ‘Cinderella’ was not aligned with its current diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. Instead of recasting the production to include more people of color, the theater opted to nix the production entirely.”
Now wait a minute. “Hamilton” was just a huge hit on Broadway with a predominantly non-white cast, and the intelligentsia was thrilled. So why not win a few Social Credit points by casting a few “people of color” in key roles in “Cinderella,” rather than filling up the cast with colorless oppressors?
The problem with doing that may have lain with “Cinderella” itself. After all, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres couldn’t very well cast black actresses in the roles of the wicked stepsisters; that would reinforce some racist trope or other. And even Cinderella herself couldn’t be a black actress, for then the Prince would be her “white savior.” Can’t have that. How about making the Prince a “person of color” as well? That would still leave Cinderella as a servant before she is magically raised out of poverty, and if Gone with the Wind is not acceptable today, then that wouldn’t be, either.
What if the Prince were a person of color but Cinderella were white? No, that would be the hand of kindness extended to the oppressor who is rightly and justly humiliated after enriching herself for centuries on the backs of oppressed people of other races. It would also depict an interracial love affair, which, if you haven’t been keeping up, is now racist among the woke crowd, warming the cold hearts of Democrats such as Orval Faubus, Bull Connor, and other segregationists down through American history.
And thus the plug had to be pulled. “After careful consideration and with our ongoing commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres has made the decision to cancel our upcoming production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” the theater said in a statement. “Our hope in beginning the production process again with a new title will allow us to put into practice an intentional process based on the work we have been doing towards equity and inclusivity.”
There ie more. Read the rest here.
notnolib says
They’re going to go broke. The American Shakespeare Company in Staunton Virginia is about to learn the same lesson.
gravenimage says
Yes–how many people actually want to watch this bowdlerized stuff?
mortimer says
Yes, the great classics upon which Western society is built are being pulled down by the wokesters. They will create a new fascist society with Mega Tech oligarchs in charge of ‘The Truth’.
Anything contradicting the Oligarchs will be suppressed and maybe even erased permanently.
We are quickly approaching the scenario of ‘Fahrenheit 451’.
James Lincoln says
mortimer,
To your point, I have linked the “Fahrenheit 451” 1966 Trailer. This really needs no explanation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6VUExA5UKA
gravenimage says
Agree, Mortimer and James.
notnolib says
We enjoyed the ASC. I’ve notified them that we’re done.
Go woke. Go broke.
GreekEmpress says
+1
somehistory says
They aren’t called “social justice ****warriors**** for nothing. It’s all out war…esp on Christians and the White ones are the “worst of the worst,” in the minds (loosely used word) of the so-called “woke” crowds.
Just finished listening to a bit of Glenn Beck on what the schools in CA have added to their curriculum. It’s all about learning about the ‘gods’ of the Aztecs and reversing the “genocide” they claim Christians committed against the blood thirsty cannibals. They have the kids chanting to these evil ‘gods’ created by satan for worship of him, and learning all about what they did and why. And, targeting those whom they say committed genocide against these poor Aztec people.
It’s war. Plan and simple; and they have the kids learning hate, just as mozlums teach their kids to hate Christians. “White” is more of a code word than the actual skin color, as many with skin tones known as “White” are leading the charge to destroy the White, Christian, population.
Wellington says
I take it, somehistory, that it will not be mentioned that Aztec priests wore capes made out of human skin and that many non-Aztec tribes who had been brutalized by the Aztecs, including having their children sacrificed to Aztec gods and which included having their entrails pulled out while still alive, sided with Cortez and the Spaniards because of their utter detestation of the barbarism inflicted on them by the Aztecs. Yep, I think this will be “glossed” over.
What a phony world we live in. The Western Left is leading the way in this “endeavor.” The Islamic world follows closely behind, with authoritarian regimes in places like China, North Korean and Russia taking advantage of all this to the extent that they can.
Screwed up world. You betcha’.
somehistory says
No child of mine would ever be told that those people had any value in their “worship.” There are no words to describe how awful they were, how awful the things they did. Like you pointed out, they will make it all seem like playing hopscotch and the big, bad Christians were the evil people, talking about love, forgiveness and “do to others what you wish done to you.”
The ones doing this to the kids, have no conscience, no morals. No common decency.
Brando says
As further info, according to SAHAGUN (1499–1590) , a brilliant priest and Father of American Anthropology,
who learned Nahuatl and spent more than 50 years in the study of Aztec beliefs, culture and history. He used Very Scientific Methods to get the Most Exact and Reliable Information from AZTEC students.
He wrote “History of the Things of New Spain” ( 2,400 pages and 2,500 illustrations drawn by Aztec using both native and European techniques.) It is in Spanish and Nahuatl .
Sahagun affirms: that the Aztecs had a FESTIVAL in honor of the god TLALOC,
where ONLY children were SACRIFICED.
It was always held and was to get RAIN.
somehistory says
Some history writers said they murdered 80,000 a day, but the apologists said it was only 20,000 a day. And the victims were tortured horribly before they were murdered. The children…well, Glenn Beck has the details of what those poor babies went through being sacrificed to satan.
And now, the “woke” crowd want to punish those who are Christian today because the Aztecs aren’t around any longer to do those horrific things.
Brando says
Also the Aztecs had the custom of EATING the bodies of the sacrificed, they were CANNIBALS.
gravenimage says
Here’s an Aztec codex depicting canibalism:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Magliabchanopage_73r.jpg/600px-Magliabchanopage_73r.jpg
Brando says
Wow Graven image, a shocking codex about cannibalism, it made my stomach churn. Regarding the Aztecs again:
1.Even though they knew about the MAYA writing system,a TRUE syllabary system, they never adopted it,instead they used PICTOGRAPHS,
which many say is NOT really writing,very primitive: little pictures that convey meaning to the reader.
2.There was NEZAHUALCOYOTL ( ” Coyote that Fasts” “Hungry Coyote” ) ( 1402 – 1472 ),who was an Aztec ruler of the city-state of TEZCOCO,
and a POET ( we have at least 15 of his poems ) and
Personally Against HUMAN SACRIFICE (though he couldn’t forbid it outright )
and also Against ANIMAL SACRIFICE
and in his poems he proclaims MONOTHEISM ( he didn’t believe in the Aztec gods apparently)
THE EMPTY TEMPLE
Nezahualcoyotl had an experience of an “Unknown, Unknowable Lord of Everywhere” .
He built an EMPTY temple in honor of it, where in NO BLOOD sacrifices of any kind were permitted, not even those of animals.
gravenimage says
Thanks. And I agree that the picture from that Codex is horrifying.
Infidel says
Here’s my suggestion to make Cinderella totally woke:
– Make Cinderella a Palestinian muslimah (like Rashida!)
– Make her step-mother and step-sisters Jooooooos ?
– Make the prince a muslim sultan’s son, but a sex symbol (sorta like Imran Khan in his cricketing days)
Then Cinderella’s life can be portrayed as symbolic of the Palestinians, and her step relatives would be like the eeeeeevl occupying Joooooooooos! It makes the celebrations even more mysterious: Cinderella goes to the ball in a burqa, so the sheikh never gets to see her, and she runs out when the clock strikes 12, leaving her glass slipper
Then when the slipper does the tour, the step relatives can barely fit it in their toes, but Cinderella wears it seamlessly. She then marries the sheikh, and as a wedding gift, as an act of jihad, the sisters are seized and tossed into jail, and are subjected to an FGM
Do this, and Cinderella will become a Hamilton like production! ?
Vyx says
Actually, this is kind of brilliant and would totally work.
Which makes me very, very sad.
I read an article online a few weeks ago called something like “Everything is Broken.” And that’s the case. Everything IS broken. My heart hurts for those who are young.
tgusa says
The racists are coming out of the woodwork. I noticed that the dinner theater didn’t write their own plays they used a play created by a white man instead. The new age book burners have to destroy other peoples work because they are incapable of coming up with ideas on their own. If they really want to show their anti racist creds they need to move to another location because where they are now looks like a very Cinderella like area. According to City Data Chanhassen is 86 percent white. The city needs to be cancelled. When they are not fighting racism they practice it.
James Lincoln says
tgusa says,
“When they are not fighting racism they practice it.”
That is true, however I would submit that they *also* practice racism while “fighting” it…
tgusa says
Yep. Practice racism 5 days a week, spend Sunday decrying it, take Monday off.
James Lincoln says
My daughter, who likes Sandra D, had not seen the movie “Gidget” (1959) so I ordered the DVD through Netflix.
A fun, innocent movie – could not be made today due to an all white cast…
somehistory says
That’s a nice movie. Lot of wholesome, clean movies which were made with all-white actors couldn’t be made today. I recall just a few years ago, haley berry (spelling may be incorrect) won an award and made a big thing about it being for “all” people of color.
People want acclaim and recognition for things over which they have no control, no choice, such as color or place of birth. They just don’t want to work for what they get. Then they want to punish those who were born with a different skin tone…over which they have no control, but are supposed to feel remorse and guilt…even when they have worked hard to earn something.
Andrew Blackadder says
Hally Berry being a rather beautiful woman had a white English Mother and a black American Father and he left them when she was 3 years old, never seen them again until he found out she was rich and famous.he hits her up and she handed him 5 Grand and told him to stay away from her forever, she has bodyguards, however she thinks of herself as black.. Even though it was her Mother that sacrificed everything in order for Hally to be who she is today….. go figure…
Joe Savino says
So much for white privilege
somehistory says
She gets more attention for being Black than for being White. And she could claim to be a “first” …although I believe Sidney Poitier won some Academy awards a long time ago…and the Black lady in Gone With the Wind, Hattie McDaniel, won an Oscar. Not for being Black, in either case of her or Poitier.
However, Berry could make a big deal about being a woman of color…and get a lot more attention. Being a pretty actress just wasn’t enough for her.
Eleanor says
I have the perfect solution to this silly wokeness — how about if white actors acted in fairy tale plays written by white people, and black actors acted in fairy tale plays written by black people. There — easily sorted.
werner ruzicka says
But there are two ´problems:
1. there are no good fairy tale plays written by blacks
2. backs generally don’t go to theater, only whites do.
So where will they show their play? Touring Africa would not help. People there have no need of theater.
gravenimage says
If the Woke Fascists Decide to Target and Destroy You, They’ll Target and Destroy You
………..
Utter madness.
tom_ says
Simple solution. Have some of the actors wear blackface. Why couldn’t they think of that?
Andrew Blackadder says
We may soon have a black James Bond and a black Superman because the people of the black world cannot seem to find any decent icons and so they culturally appropriate others, and I thought that was politically incorrect these days… Who knew?.
Vyx says
Who is creating these new black icons? Not black people. Rich white liberals that have guilt.
I suspect most blacks are normal and fed up with all of this, just like most whites. But hardworking Christian blacks who do not support BLM/ wokeness/ reparations are being silently canceled, just like white Christians, especially men, are being canceled.
The goal is all of this is to divide us.
Jim says
Probably the monarchy should be abolished in a peoples’ revolt and replaced by a workers’ council chosen by lot. The prince should not be allowed to judge his future bride, she should be chosen in terms of equity so that beauty, virtue or skills should not be relevant. Trans-women should be allowed to try the shoe on. No Judeo-Christian criteria should be allowed. The kingdom’s borders should be open so that anyone at all can come in to compete to be the new princess, and the selection should not be made by shoe size but random selection. Proportional quotas should be employed for all offices and roles in the musical play. They should not use the version by Rodgers and Hammerstein, as they do not meet intersectionality quotas, and the music and songs should be a combination of non-white, non-Eurocentric styles, including rap and aboriginal chanting. The costumes should also be proportionally representative. Also, a non-European language should be used and a non-western tonal scale used to reduce the whiteness of the songs and musical accompaniments. Also, tickets should be randomly distributed and free of charge to avoid discriminating in favor of the bourgeoisie. Etc, etc.
gravenimage says
Scarily spot on.
tgusa says
100 out of 100 of history’s best stage plays do not fit the woke criteria and should be banned immediately from this establishment never be seen again!
Walter Sieruk says
The “Theater of the Absurd” this all truly is With this politically correct left wing ideology of madness.
Rational people, non- people, if they didn’t like that play or any other play just don’t buy a ticket to see the show . For they understand that even thought they don’t care for that specific play audience the show is harmless , So why ruin it for the actors and audience.
This is not the way thinking of the intolerant mod, which a a reminder of Antifa.
Therefore America’s’ s “cultural war” between the conservatives, of the Right , and the vicious enemies of the far- left , Antifa which is the Marxist /Islamic alliance also called the Red /Green alliance . Those Antifa hooligans do poses a danger. Hooligans they actually, for the have proven this, many over by their actions violence and mayhem. Those violent, criminal and lawless characters who compose Antifa are have also proven by their own behavior that they are people of a very low intelligence level. For intelligent people are don’t carry on in awful violent ways
.People of intelligence use reason and logic by lobbying wit petitions Therefore people of intelligence , reason and logic the Antifa hooligans are not with their vicious assaults chaos , mayhem ,vandalism and other forms heinous violence
In sum , in this Cultural War the brutal ruffians of Antifa are , somewhat of ,a reminder of the 1979 movie which is entitled TIME AFTER TIME .In which the hero in that movie said “The first man to raise his fist is the man who has run out of idea’s” So those of Antifa and other of the radical left are those in this cultural war are those men who “have run of Ideas.
Walter Sieruk says
In the beginning of my second paragraph I forgot and left out the letters “PC” as in “.Politically correct” It was meant to read “Rational people, non- PC people…”
How I wish I was beyond error.
Walter Sieruk says
This intolerance of the left is so awful that with some left-wing groups intolerant spirit leads to despicable criminal, vicious violence .
As those violent and lawless hooligans who makeup Antifa have embraced and joined the Communist –Islamic alliance which is called the “Red/Green alliance.” Those Marxist leaders of Antifa also lead their members of this domestic terror organization to join with the jihadists against Western civilization and Western society.
Little do those Antifa ruffians know, realize or understand that they are just serving as “useful idiots” for the jihadist to achieve their Islamic goal advancement of Islam and the establishment of Sharia law of the nations of the West.
It most likely will not happen but if ,and that is “If’ the jihadists succeed is achieving that Islamic agenda for the West ,by using as Antifa “soldiers”, as their tools and stooges , in their Islamic quest, they will turn on and their Antifa tools and eliminate them .
Those Antifa ruffians would never be tolerated in any Islamic country.
What fools those Antifa people, truly, are.
Walter Sieruk says
Some violence is committed by gangsters violent hooligans as gangsters Other equally despicable actions of violence are committed by Marxists, as those of Antifa and BLM.
To explain this in more specific detail, it should be made known that the problem and plague of dangerous sand vicious gangs in American cities, as MS -13, there is yet a different “breed” of violent malicious lawless hooligans as from the Marxist favoring thugs who make the band or ”gang” called Antifa .
As exposed by the book UNMASKED: INSIDE ANTIFA’S S RADICAL PLAN TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY by Andy Ngo on page 98 the reader in informed that during January 2017 “In Washington DC, marauding gangs of Antifa overwhelmed police by braking window sand hurling projectiles.”
Likewise, in another places “masked Antifa extremists started fires on campus, destroyed property, threw incendiary devices hurled rocks at police…”
Those aren’t isolated incidents of Antifa violence and mayhem, it occurs in different cities, towns and place time and time again. Sometimes with murderous outcomes. Those criminal bands of Antifia hooligans have proven by their actions that there’re a malice-filled violent brutal gangs of domestic terrorists thugs and should be dealt with as such. As Thomas Jefferson had so wised written “With every barbarous people… force is law”
Furthermore, the author Mr. Ngo further reveals in his expose’ that “The militant far-left movement and ideology have existed for over half a century in Europe. It has had decades to develop a coherent ideology in both violent and non-violent strategies to undermine democracy under the guise of fighting fascism.”
To reiterate the last part of that sentence “to undermine under the guise of fighting fascism.” This only proves the old wise saying to be true. Which is that “Evil is always looking for an excuse.”
ROBERT CARRILLO says
I called them immediately last week and indicated by voice mail that I would never set foot in that dinner theater ever again..
I ‘cancelled’ them..
ROBERT CARRILLO says
I called them immediately last week, and indicated by a voice mail message to the manager, that I would never ever set foot in that dinner theater again.. I have been going there for decades..
I ‘cancelled’ them..
gravenimage says
🙂
OLD GUY says
Simple solution, if the Minnesota theater doesn’t want to but on the play Cinderella because it is to WOKE fine. Let’s have another theater group put it on. When the WOKE, BLM, took over professional sports I just walked away. Can’t say I miss it either, I just play more of the “white game” of golf and have benefited from a better social life. As a fellow golfer I really miss Tiger Woods and hope he is doing better, he a tough cooky and I look forward to seeing him back on the tour. And who say’s you can’t have a black, white, pink, green, blue or whatever color you want for Cinderella she is a made up character.
James Lincoln says
OLD GUY,
With the exception of the PGA, I have stopped watching all “woke” professional sports.
The only football that I now watch on TV is the Army-Navy game…
Ben Kennedy says
As for the preceding comments about Western Civilization being under attack; I agree. This doesn’t go far enough though. Western Civilization was widely known to be based upon the Judaeo-Christian Ethic as recently as 40 Years ago. Earlier in the 20th Century, a common tool in the Fascist Political Kit was to replace cultural symbols. Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny replaced Christ in Christian Celebrations to the point recently Merchants forbid employees from saying Merry Christmas to customers (replaced by “Happy Holidays”). Now it is not just the Religious elements of Western Civilization being purged from the NWO, but all of the other cultural arts and literature as well. It’s not just about a Confederate Statue, or a University wanting to tear down the Statue of Thomas Jefferson on the Grounds of the School which he started. The “War” mentioned by another commentator above manifest itself every-time a Christian Baker is sued over refusing to “recant” his Christian Faith. When the tabletop of this Nations Judaeo-Christian Culture was decreed “outlaw” by the NWO and its Mercenary Armies, every element of the culture was slated for destruction; not the least of which is our very foundational law and principals. What lays in ambush around the corner is more horrific than even Orwell could write about and more brutal than even the NAZI’s could design.
James Lincoln says
Ben Kennedy,
To your point…
If George Orwell were alive today, he would not believe what has already happened to Western civilization…
somehistory says
After watching a few of the Zeducation videos, it is clear that the world has gone mad for bad and evil behavior. And the people engaging, look so very stupid. Hard to believe they are actually people and not some alien creatures from some weird planet a billion light years away. All of them making some sort of ridiculous claim, demand, and/or accusation.
Like the three women demanding that no one wear “red, white and blue” on July 4th, but wear a “rainbow” because, according to them, “all countries matter.”
James Lincoln says
If you pick up a typical local lamestream media newspaper today, people of color are represented far more than their actual demographic percentages.
And I’m not talking about the police blotter…
somehistory says
There have been numerous television series that featured only black people.
There are movies where the only whites were the bad guys.
And yet, as you point out, the demographics are a lot different.
Most of the t.v. series liked to portray the cast as victims of racism…no matter their social status.
The Jeffersons took George from a poor guy to “up town on the East Side,” but still had racism as a big part of the plots. It was one of the best, and lasted longer than some of the others that were even worse at victimhood.
People like to see success…not a whining and complaining…in real life and in fiction.
The so-called “woke” people are really mentally dead and wish to completely erase reality of the here and now and of long-gone history.
Have to wonder if they ever contemplate the fact that if history is destroyed, how will they justify their hatred of any White people they leave alive? Guess they’ll just twist the Truth even more to fit the narrative of oppression.
Andre says
The left, woke liberals float around in their own fairy tale – their own virtual reality bubble.
No matter who we are, our minds are always controlled by what we believe to be true & false, good and evil, right and wrong.
“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to prove by you what is that good and pleasing and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2