Ben Platt distances himself from Family on Israel/Palestine
Ben Platt distances himself from Family on Israel/Palestine
#1Ben Platt distances himself from Family on Israel/Palestine
Posted: 4/16/25 at 10:01am
Ben Platt recently shared to his instagram, “as a queer Jew who's personal connection to Judaism is cultural, emotional and interpersonal and is not defined for me by the state of Israel, I have felt long alienated from this conversation
and from a lot of people in my earliest community who feel differently, sometimes to a dogmatic extent,” resharing sentiments made by Hannah Einbinder.
This comes in the wake of an outcry of support for Rachel Zegler who was confronted by Platts father for sharing pro Palestinian messaging.
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#2Ben Platt distances himself from Family on Israel/Palestine
Posted: 4/18/25 at 5:05am
I don’t understand why he feels the need to say ‘as a queer Jew’. I would have thought sympathy to the Palestinians would be more based on the frame of reference that he is a human being and has concerns about the humanitarian issues not that he is ‘a queer Jew’. In fact, if he wants to double down on his queer identity I would have thought he would have even more alignment with the state of Israel because that is a government that will support his existence and rights, whereas the culture and government of Gaza would shun, punish and potentially even kill him for his queerness.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 4/18/25 at 05:05 AM
#3Ben Platt distances himself from Family on Israel/Palestine
Posted: 4/18/25 at 8:22pm
binau said: "I don’t understand why he feels the need to say ‘as a queer Jew’. I would have thought sympathy to the Palestinians would be more based on the frame of reference that he is a human being and has concerns about the humanitarian issues not that he is ‘a queer Jew’. In fact, if he wants to double down on his queer identity I would have thought he would have even more alignment with the state of Israel because that is a government that will support his existence and rights, whereas the culture and government of Gaza would shun, punish and potentially even killhim for his queerness."
You need to be alive for culture to change and make no mistake, Israel makes no carve outs in the bombings for Queers. They're just as buried in the rumble as the rest.
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