#926
Posted: 11/2/26 at 12:49pm
Does anyone else feel the latest list Of Kennedy Center honorees 2026, just released, is 🥱 to say the least?
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#927
Posted: 11/2/26 at 12:52pm
DomPhilly said: "Does anyone else feel the latest list Of Kennedy Center honorees 2026, just released, is 🥱 to say the least?"
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#928
Posted: 11/2/26 at 12:55pm
DomPhilly said: "Does anyone else feel the latest list Of Kennedy Center honorees 2026, just released, is 🥱 to say the least?"
They've become meaningless. The only arguably "legitimate" name on that list is David Mamet who, despite his recent descent into political madness -- does have a truly outstanding body of work.
#929
Posted: 11/2/26 at 12:56pm
I could see this end up like Trump’s 250th concert and people end up pulling out. Barbara Mandrell has a pretty loyal LGTB fan base and I’m somewhat surprised she agreed.
#930
Posted: 11/2/26 at 1:04pm
JSquared2 said: The only arguably "legitimate" name on that list is David Mamet...
I mean...David Foster's resume is nothing to shake a stick at.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#931
Posted: 11/2/26 at 1:12pm
I think they are all reasonable, deserving nominees. But clearly there is also a Trump/republican friendly requirement for induction now. Anka is apolitical but is a longtime friend of Trump, Andy Garcia is longtime conservative repub, Mamet very publicly changed from liberal dem to conservative repub and has been a big trump supporter. No clue about Mandrell and Foster. I note that under Trump there are no ballet dancers or classical musicians anymore. It is really disgusting how Trump has politicized the Kennedy Center
#932
Posted: 11/2/26 at 1:15pm
Actor Andy Garcia was born in Havana, Cuba, and arrived in the United States at the age of five as a political refugee.
Writes itself. Must been friends w/ Rubio
Writes itself. Must been friends w/ Rubio
#933
Posted: 11/2/26 at 1:26pm
As a house manager Paul Anka is a terror to work with !!
#934
Posted: 11/2/26 at 2:35pm
communitytheatergal88 said: "I think they are all reasonable, deserving nominees. But clearly there is also a Trump/republican friendly requirement for induction now. Anka is apolitical but is a longtime friend of Trump, Andy Garcia is longtime conservative repub, Mamet very publicly changed from liberal dem to conservative repub and has been a big trump supporter. No clue about Mandrell and Foster. I note that under Trump there are no ballet dancers or classical musicians anymore. It is really disgusting how Trump has politicized the Kennedy Center"
Foster and his granddaughter (I mean wife) Katherine McPhee are big MAGA repug donors.
#935
Posted: 11/2/26 at 2:36pm
JMH27 said: "I could see this end up like Trump’s 250th concert and people end up pulling out. Barbara Mandrell has a pretty loyal LGTB fan base and I’m somewhat surprised she agreed."
Gloria Gaynor had no problem accepting last year.
#936
Posted: 11/2/26 at 2:44pm
Bottom line: Mamet has been an outstanding playwright for over 50 years, has written several notable books and essays about the theatre, has directed several distinguished films (for which he also wrote the screenplay) and had a four season series on television "The Unit." He is truly deserving of this honor (and I don't necessarily agree with his politics!!)....
#937
Posted: 11/2/26 at 3:01pm
Well... he's been writing for that long; he stopped being "outstanding" 30 years ago or so.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
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#938
Posted: 11/2/26 at 3:16pm
I've never liked David Mamet's work. Even the "good" ones are way too straight, way too American, and way too macho for my tastes.
#939
Posted: 11/2/26 at 5:16pm
Claudia Draper said: "Actor Andy Garcia was born in Havana, Cuba, and arrived in the United States at the age of five as a political refugee.
Writes itself..."
Writes itself??? I was born in Havana, Cuba, and arrived in the United States as a kid as a political refugee. That's also true of my large extended family. Not one of us have EVER voted Republican. And that goes for the first generation that was born here as well as the second.
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