Painful Ironies In The Controversy Over The Public Theatre's Julius Caesar Flap

"The way conservative outlets packaged this story was brilliant. They removed Shakespeare from the top of the story and immediately made the report a referendum on amoral coastal elites. In the same way you can disparage "New York values" to indicate that you dislike homosexuals, or disparage "New York intellectuals" to indicate the same for Jews, you can call Julius Caesar a "New York play," and your disciples will know exactly what you mean: an artsy-fartsy subversion perpetrated by a bunch of degenerate pansies. Should anyone be mad at Delta or Bank of America? Yes, but mainly for stupidity."

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