2025 Presidency and Entertainment Industry - Page 2

[inception]

Posted: 11/6/24 at 3:44pm

He had Dana White on stage last night who thanked the frigging Nelk Boys.  How is the entertainment industry not already involved?  

[SeanD2]

Posted: 11/6/24 at 3:52pm

To quote the Jesus Christ Superstar film, "They've got what they want. They think so anyway. If he's what they want, why take their toy away? He's a craze."

 

Or maybe another Tim Rice lyric is more appropriate, "Things have reached a pretty pass when someone pretty lower-class, graceless and vulgar, uninspired, can be accepted and admired"

[BETTY22]

Posted: 11/6/24 at 5:24pm

I wonder if shows like Annie Get Your Gun and Millie will now be produced again.

There is without a doubt a change in cultural values going on - and what is and is not appropriate. 

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 11/6/24 at 5:29pm

Ensemble1671017357 said: "KevinKlawitter said: "Ensemble1671017357 said: "Voter said: "As we collect out thoughts of what happened in the past 24 hours, I want to know what will happen to the entertainment industry if our government goes from democracy to fascism?

(Let’s be respectful please in our responses. I just want to know what might happen)"

Remember when Trump was the 45th President and Shakespeare in the Park performed Julius Caesar with Caesar as Trump, stabbing him to death at the end?

Remind me - who was arrested over that? Who went to jail? Who lost their jobs? What organizations lost their funding? Who was de-platformed? Who was censored?

Bonus question: What administration mandated the population take an experimental drug or lose their jobs?

Asking for a friend."

Shakespeare In The Park lost two major sponsors because of that production

But I don't expect an anti-vaxxer to know much about history, recent or otherwise.

(Julius Caesar is killed near thebeginningofJulius Caesar​​​​​​, not the end)"

Oh. That makes censorship, deplatforming, death threats, de-humanizing, thought control, health endangerment and loss of control over one's body and job loss alright then."

You really think this is the place to spew your right wing lies and rhetoric?

[CreatureKitchen]

Posted: 11/6/24 at 7:21pm

Just echoing that I'm very curious what the impact on audience taste will be. And I don't mean censorship or appealing to more conservative audiences. I just wonder what the appetite will be for shows like Suffs, Cabaret, Ragtime, etc. or even shows that are not political but just dark and cynical like Sunset. Will people gravitate towards happier and lighter entertainment, or seek out the catharsis provided by harder-hitting shows? It seems the former tends to be the typical response.

[charlie525600]

Posted: 11/6/24 at 8:11pm

I suspect darker shows aren't going anywhere. We saw a shift in top awarded/popular shows when Trump was elected in 2016 from lighter fare (Book of Mormon, Kinky Boots, Once) to sadder shows (Dear Evan Hansen, Hadestown, the Band's Visit). Hamilton managed to straddle this gap (though I personally think it feels very Obama-era). I think many theatre goers want something that feels real - chipper popcorn fare may not connect with many regular theatre goers

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/6/24 at 8:22pm

I just hope there will still be an audience for grounded, more “real” theatre as there is for lighter, escapist fare in the years to come. 

One thing is for sure though: these boards are not going anywhere, and I hope they can be a safe space where we can show our love and passion for the art form in these turbulent times. 

[HogansHero]

Posted: 11/6/24 at 9:39pm

A couple of very important points many here seem to be forgetting:

1. The once and future tangerine president rarely does what he promises. ("I am going to build a great wall, very inexpensively, and I will have Mexico pay for that wall.")

2. If the choice is between dismantling the health and education agencies or the arts agencies, as painful as it is to say, the progressive preference has to be the former. 

Perspective.