John Doyle: Trigger warnings risk ‘mollycoddling’ theatre audiences
Posted: 2/5/26 at 12:54pm
Put a sign in the lobbies that says, “Trigger Warnings Listed In Playbills.” Dedicate a page that says “Trigger Warnings” at the top, and the rest of the writing on the page is upside down. Those who aren’t interested and casually flipping through the Playbill won’t unintentionally read something they’re not interested in knowing.
Posted: 2/5/26 at 1:18pm
a woman is held down in a back alley and [blanked] for fifteen minutes. every night she wakes up in a cold sweat and every day she has to fight back panic attacks. her friend takes her to a play that, unexpectedly, features a woman being [blanked] onstage. while she's crying on a bench in the lobby, john doyle comes over and kicks her in the shins for being a big stupid baby who can't handle being challenged by art. somewhere, a right-wing journalist experiences a frisson of delight.
Updated On: 2/5/26 at 01:18 PM
Posted: 2/5/26 at 1:20pm
Doyle’s tenure at CSC sure did trigger a lot of boredom for me.
Posted: 2/5/26 at 1:44pm
Another old man yelling at clouds for things that have existed for the last few decades of his career but now that it's en vogue to cry about, so why not take the opportunity?
