LuPone on McDonald — Page 33

DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "Now that everything is back to normal, can this thread end??"



I am staring , in silence, for fifteen seconds. I then turn to the window and sigh, “What a beautiful day.”"

DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "Now that everything is back to normal, can this thread end??"

Honestly, I hope not. 🍿

Idiot said: "NOWaWarning said: "We really should get an all-star cast to do a benefit reading of this thread."

But who would play Ensem8675309?"

It’s really funny when the racism turns into bullying. But what else would I expect from a board full of white minded people. I’ll find a Neo nazi to play you.

Madeline'sTwistedNeck said: "Ensemble1698878795 said: "DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "Now that everything is back to normal, can this thread end??"

Back to normal meaning a board of people complacent in racial micro aggressions as long as it doesn’t tarnish the legacy of their Queen? Yes, honey. Carry on."



Oh God, you are sad! Like really really sad. I hope you get the help you need.

You’re on this message board taking the time to call me sad…. So what does that make you? Righteous?

Patti has issued an apology- kudos to her- and now the thread should be officially ended- Patti took note of the reaction to her quotes- and did the right thing. Maybe she will stop being so temperamental in future interviews. I doubt this was actually racism- more like the people who Lupone criticized and dissed happened to be black. That is the way I read it. Lupone is a very opinionated, moody, bitchy person--she would do better to keep away from press. Of course, she is not going to change- but she just might understand that talking so freely about her gripes with fellow actors--and her bitchy summations of her peers performances and personalities--- to the press can have major negative consequences for her career. She is clearly not a kind and sweet person- and is immature and arrogant. Grow up, Patti- there is still time! There always is!!

Updated On: 6/1/25 at 12:13 AM

QueenAlice said: "BroadwayRox3588 said:Performative activists only do what they do for attention. So don't provide it."

Pretty much describes every person who posted in this thread."

It describes pretty much everyone who has opined on this fiasco anywhere, whose name isn't Audra McDonald. Especially on social media.

They have been eating their own. The whole episode puts a light on how artificial and full of themselves the “theater community” is. All of them.

QueenAlice said: "BroadwayRox3588 said:Performative activists only do what they do for attention. So don't provide it."

Pretty much describes every person who posted in this thread."

Precisely. The bigoted minded folks who come on here and combat discussions around race do not comprehend that their active dismissal is as performative as they blame me to be.

Idiot said: "Dear Ensem,

Your maniacal crusade to label people as racist infuriates me, so I spent some time in introspection. Investigating why something makes you angry is enlightening.

We’ve entered a social chapter where words like racist and pedophile are used insincerely and you’re guilty of it. Your passion may be real, but your goal is not what you’re hoping people will mistake to be. It’s vile.

Caring about mistreatment based on race is inarguably a positive thing. Using the word ‘racist’ to wrest cheappower over others (see: The Crucible) is ethically corrupt – and it’s what you’re doing.

Patti wasn’t being racist – she crossed the line from salty to tacky and if she didn’t know it she wouldn’t have apologized. The accusation of sublimated racism made by Ms. Lewis is likely what set her off – and I don’t blame her for that. I blame people with your self-serving, wickedly casual misuse of that potentially fatal label. The fatality of it is what turns you on. You’re like a child with a gun. I hope there’s nothing micro about the aggression I mean to convey about what you’re spewing here. It’s poisonous to the very thing you hope to be seen as advocating for.

To evoke that other open letter, WE SEE YOU – but not as the crusader you fancy yourself to be - rather, as a selfish, petulant charlatan doing real harm to important progress. "

Here is what you all don’t seem to understand. I’m not looking for allies on a BWW thread. Nothing I say was ever going to convince you, and truthfully it is not my job to educate you. It is my job to defend a Black woman who Ms. Lupone attempted to discredit - as many of you continue to do at every angle.

The word racist triggers the Karen in a lot of you on this board. You only can acknowledge racism when someone has been murdered. You don’t walk around this world or industry in a skin that lessens your chances at a job. Kecia does. Patti doesn’t. There’s a built in privilege in that. Not blaming Patti, but that’s the reality there.


Racism is a spectrum, and whether Patti intended to or not, her actions fell very much within the lines of a micro aggressive history towards POC. Acknowledging that was all the community was asking. But the lack of ability to take blame led us here. It took an uproar. I’ll admit when I’m wrong. My intentions don’t always match my actions and when I care I have to apologize.

Patti could’ve long ago but waltzed on by and ignored Kecia’s public call in. The privilege is to brush that off and then talk smack about Kecia. Patti Lupone is not a raging racist, but her actions have made her appear to be and that’s the issue at hand.