Friday, June 16, 2017

Does The "Julius Caesar" Controversy Signal A Scary New Front In The Culture Wars?

Public Theatre's Oskar Eustis believes that we have entered a frightening chapter in the cultural wars in which snippets of information are disseminated on the Web and elsewhere to discredit a piece of political art. “The thing that’s new is that somebody is using the arts as a way of manipulating people and lying about the arts. That’s the new toxic element in our culture.”



Article source here:Arts Journal

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