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[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 3/19/26 at 11:28pm

gibsons2 said: "BWAY Baby2 said: "Genocide?? How about the genocide of Israelis who have been killed and ganged up on since they became a state. Why is the genocide of Israelis never spoken about??"

Yawn"

of course there has been no genocide of israelis (though that is the explicitly stated goal of Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, etc), but reacting to their slaughter with a yawn could not more perfectly encapsulate how pathetic and soulless so much of palestinian activism has become. WHICH IS WHAT I HOPE GIANT CONFRONTS, and having now heard from real life people who have seen it, i am certain it does. cant wait.

[BWAY Baby2]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 1:15am

Yawn yourself---- the slaughter of Israeli children count just as much as the slaughter of Palestinian children--- and all Israel is asking for is survival--- the terror campaign aimed at Israel is genocide of the Jewish people ----and no matter how much you want to yawn--- that is what is happening- and has been happening since Israel became a state--- and if you don't know that- and want to ignore history--- keep yawning and spouting anti-semitic rhetoric.

[gibsons2]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 6:47am

BWAY Baby2 said: "Yawn yourself---- the slaughter of Israeli children count just as much as the slaughter of Palestinian children--- and all Israel is asking for is survival--- the terror campaign aimed at Israel is genocide of the Jewish people ----and no matter how much you want to yawn--- that is what is happening- and has been happening since Israel became a state--- and if you don't know that- and want to ignore history--- keep yawning and spouting anti-semitic rhetoric."

Yawn at your idiotic accusations of antisemitism when Israel is the one committing genocide. The entire world sees it. Criticism of genocidal behavior is not antisemitism. Stop lying and accusing people of this when we just want the kids not be slaughtered by Israel. You're not a victim. 

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 7:50am

gibsons2 said: "BWAY Baby2 said: "Yawn yourself---- the slaughter of Israeli children count just as much as the slaughter of Palestinian children--- and all Israel is asking for is survival--- the terror campaign aimed at Israel is genocide of the Jewish people ----and no matter how much you want to yawn--- that is what is happening- and has been happening since Israel became a state--- and if you don't know that- and want to ignore history--- keep yawning and spouting anti-semitic rhetoric."

Yawn at your idiotic accusations of antisemitism when Israel is the one committing genocide. The entire world sees it. Criticism of genocidal behavior is not antisemitism. Stop lying and accusing people of this when we just want the kids not be slaughtered by Israel. You're not a victim."

Once again - it's not a genocide. The numbers prove that. The fact they inform them in advance of where they're bombing proves that. The fact that in 2.5 years only less than 10% of the population, including militants, are dead proves that.

israel's government is far from perfect. But facts matter. And it's not a genocide. 

[CheeseDoodle10]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 7:57am

gibsons2 said: "BWAY Baby2 said: "So the Israeli women, children and men who suffer from terrorist attacks and bombings don't count--- I get it-- the children of Gaza are being slaughtered-- but the slaughter of Jews doesn't matter because they deserve it. Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran-- and theterror organization are the true victims. Israelis are engaged in genocide-- but no genocide is being perpetrated on the Israeli Jews--- yeah, right!"

The entire world is just asking Israelstop killing children. And you still make it all about you."

Have you freed Palestine yet? How's that working for ya?

[carolinaguy]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 8:12am

Somehow the Dumpster-firing of this thread has made me lose all enthusiasm for actually seeing the play.

 

There is still a play, right?

[BWAY Baby2]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 9:06am

A Palestinian state cannot be established until Israel is accepted as a state by the Arab nations--until then- Israel will continue to fight the terrorists- and anti-Israel forces-- in the region for survival. You can't have a Palestinian state on your borders if they are going to launch terror attacks and threaten your survival. And Israel is not engaged in genocide--- as always- the real perpetrators of genocide turn the tables and accuse others of what they are actually engaged in.  The explicit call of many nations in this region has been to eradicate the state of Israel and all of its inhabitants--- and that has been going on since its inception. Open a history book- for once. And why is the entire world not asking the terror groups to also stop killing innocent Israeli Jews? This is a terrible situation- and until Israel is accepted as a legal nation-- it will not stop.

Updated On: 3/20/26 at 09:06 AM

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 9:28am

For **** sake. Can we take the majority of this off topic bull**** somewhere else. Take your hands off your dicks and be civil. 

[BWAY Baby2]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 10:01am

Who is not being civil? We are discussing very important issues and ways of looking at a very controversial situation. If you are not interested in the discussion-- that is fine-- just ignore it. 

[sinister teashop]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 10:33am

BWAY Baby2 said: "Who is not being civil? We are discussing very important issues and ways of looking at a very controversial situation. If you are not interested in the discussion-- that is fine-- just ignore it."

If people in this thread are not talking about how these issues relate to Rosenblatt’s play then they are saying the play doesn’t matter. They’re saying that they don’t care if an author struggles with the complexity of Jewish identity in connection to Israel and antisemitism. They don’t need a play to dramatize these issues because they already have them figured out. They would probably prefer there not to be a play at all. 

Updated On: 3/20/26 at 10:33 AM

[BWAY Baby2]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 4:41pm

This show is supposedly about anti-semitism- I am seeing it in April-- but I don't understand why a discussion of the issues presented, dissected and discussed in the play seems to turn people off-- if these issues do not interest you- that is fine-- but a lot of people are interested in these issues and a discussion of different points of view is always a good thing- if done respectfully and with tact.

[east side story]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 5:15pm

This thread got reckless and now I wished I had chosen to see Giant instead of The Wild Party this evening.

[schubox]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 8:07pm

What’s the run time been on this in previews?

[theatergoer3]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 9:04pm

schubox said: "What’s the run time been on this in previews?"

If I remember correctly, it ran 2:20 from curtain up with intermission at the start of previews. Don’t know if they’ve cut anything since it’s a West End transfer. 

[sppunk]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 10:38pm

Saw this tonight. Started around 7:35, walked out of theater at 9:57. 

Lithgow is putting on a tour de force of anti-Semite wrapped around like a Tucker Carlson “you are the one who should apologize!”  

This will live in my head for a while. 

[bear882]

Posted: 3/21/26 at 12:14am

carolinaguy said: "Somehow the Dumpster-firing of this thread has made me lose all enthusiasm for actually seeing the play.



There is still a play, right?"

Don’t let this thread discourage you. It’s an excellent play. Lithgow is fantastic.

 

[quizking101]

Posted: 3/21/26 at 7:25am

bear882 said: "carolinaguy said: "Somehow the Dumpster-firing of this thread has made me lose all enthusiasm for actually seeing the play.

There is still a play, right?"

Don’t let this thread discourage you. It’s an excellent play. Lithgow is fantastic.

"

Spirited debate can be a good thing because it does mean the play is doing its job. But the fact of the matter is that the debate (as they so often do here) quickly devolves into ad hominem name calling and value judgements and therefore is no longer productive.

I highly recommend the play, if anything, for Lithgow’s terrifying and towering performance. We don’t know how many more of these we will get in his lifetime and so missing the opportunity would be foolish. 

[OhHiii]

Posted: 3/21/26 at 8:19am

The fact this thread has been allowed to go so far off the rails like this just proves the Mods pick and choose when they do their jobs. 

[BWAY Baby2]

Posted: 3/21/26 at 9:04am

Oh- so respectfully discussing different points of view - which a new play is explicitly about- is going off the rails? OK-- lets only talk merch-- and stage door signings--but it is going off the rails to dig deep into the plays themes and respectfully discuss that--- you have a very different perspective on "going off the rails" than I do.

[BarnabyTucker]

Posted: 3/21/26 at 10:22am

Caught this on Thursday night and agree Lithgow is the main draw. It’s a great production of a decent play.

It’s a character study and the subject is very interesting. I just think it ran a good 20/25 minutes too long and was spinning its wheels by the end. You know Dahl is not going to change Ebenezer Scrooge style in one afternoon, and so you’re left watching him have the same heated exchanges with the other characters again and again.

Again, a really decent play. It anticipates that its audience is going to have very strong views on the issues addressed, and does a good job challenging the audience to hop into the grey area and join the conversation.

This will be a night of theatre I’ll be talking about for years to come, and will gladly applaud Lithgow when he picks up that Tony.

[Anshel2]

Posted: 3/21/26 at 11:37pm

I don’t catch the last line of the play after his fiancée says something about a fall wedding. Anyone?

[sinister teashop]

Posted: 3/22/26 at 10:28am

Anshel2 said: "I don’t catch the last line of the play after his fiancée says something about a fall wedding. Anyone?"

Here's the West End text, I don't remember it being different on Broadway but it might have been a bit:

Liccy: ... We should get married in the autumn.

Roald: Yes.

Liccy: Winter latest.

Roald: Yes. 

Lights down.

End of play.

[tater tot]

Posted: 3/23/26 at 6:12am

Hey guys, i'll be coming to New York in August, this is currently scheduled to close June 28, any chance this extends?

[ViniFromBrazil]

Posted: 3/25/26 at 10:56pm

Wow, John Lithgow totally floored me. Crazy performance. The note they give with the playbill saying what's quoted verbatim in the play, I just couldn't believe it oh my god.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 3/25/26 at 11:11pm

tater tot said: "Hey guys, i'll be coming to New York in August, this is currently scheduled to close June 28, any chancethis extends?"

Yes. Especially after he wins his Tony.  But if you thought prices were high now though…