March on Broadway!! (List of demands)

[unclevictor]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 3:28pm

Check it out: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/March-on-Broadway-Planned-for-April-22-20210419

I like all the demands but I especially like this demand: Scott Rudin to be removed from the Broadway League - If he is not removed from the Broadway League, we want restoration. We want Scott to publicly choose 20 BIPOC run theatres and donate a LARGE SUM of money to them

 

 

Posted: 4/19/21 at 3:37pm

unclevictor said: "I like all the demands but I especially like thisdemand:Scott Rudinto be removed from the Broadway League - If he is not removed from the Broadway League, we want restoration. We want Scott to publicly choose 20 BIPOC run theatres and donate a LARGE SUM of money to them"

The connection between Scott Rudin and POC is...?

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 3:41pm

Can someone point me in the proper direction about this piece? Because I only have the Jagged Little Pill stuff in my head right now.

"Actor's Equity Association and the overall lack of representation for the BIPOC, AAPI, Trans, Non-Binary, and gender-nonconforming communities that have come to light during the shutdown". 

[unclevictor]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 3:42pm

ctorres23 said: "unclevictor said: "I like all the demands but I especially like thisdemand:Scott Rudinto be removed from the Broadway League - If he is not removed from the Broadway League, we want restoration. We want Scott to publicly choose 20 BIPOC run theatres and donate a LARGE SUM of money to them"

The connection between Scott Rudin and POC is...?"

I suggest a google search!

 

Posted: 4/19/21 at 3:46pm

unclevictor said: "I suggest a google search!

Just googled and apparently he threw a brown-skinned potato at someone, but otherwise no mention skin color.

Maybe, this being a discussion board, you can illuminate me?

[Highland Guy]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 3:48pm

When 5 (is it 5?) other Scott Rudin threads just aren't enough.

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Posted: 4/19/21 at 3:59pm

just curious if he will get some sort of hearing or just be booted out automatically from the Broadway League?  I suppose, though, that giving him a chance to respond to the allegations made in a magazine article and by word of mouth by anonymous persons would be considered systemically racist in itself; so no.

[Playbill_Trash]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 4:23pm

If Eden Espinosa doesn’t sing “no good deed goes unpunished” as they march, this sounds like an opportunity missed.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 4:27pm

These demands are ridiculous.

Would they settle for him being thrown out of the Broadway Softball League?

Also, who gets to decide how much is "A LOT" of money??

Posted: 4/19/21 at 4:33pm

JSquared2 said: "Also, who gets to decide how much is "A LOT" of money??"

I think everyone knows that there is no amount of money he could donate that would sufficiently get the Twitter woke police off his back. This is a life sentence (and then some, because they will for sure dance on his grave when he's gone).

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 7:09pm

Oh boy, do these people need a communications team. Dripping with naïveté

[unclevictor]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 7:31pm

BroadwayNYC2 said: "Oh boy, do these people need a communications team. Dripping with naïveté"

LOL! LOL! LOL! I agree! 
who’s in charge of them? 
who’s doing their PR?  Where’s their office?

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 7:39pm

You ain’t gonna win anything with blind statements like “donate LARGE sums of money”

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 8:01pm

They want him to donate “large sums of money”, or....what? What’s the endgame? They already want him blacklisted from broadway. So what’s the threat if he doesn’t give money? That he be extra-blacklisted?

Posted: 4/19/21 at 8:06pm

Jordan Catalano said: "They want him to donate “large sums of money”, or....what? What’s the endgame? They already want him blacklisted from broadway. So what’s the threat if he doesn’t give money? That he be extra-blacklisted?"

He's put on the double-secret blacklist.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 8:09pm

I’m not making fun of the situation, it just doesn’t make sense to me.

Posted: 4/19/21 at 8:13pm

Jordan Catalano said: "I’m not making fun of the situation, it just doesn’t make sense to me."

To be clear I am definitely making fun of it. They are dedicating a whole march to getting rid of one guy, but they also gave him a vague out-clause if he donates some unspecified sum of money to totally unrelated groups. It's a little crazy.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 10:09pm

1. Scott Rudin to be removed from the Broadway League - If he is not removed from the Broadway League, we want restoration. We want Scott to publicly choose 20 BIPOC run theatres and donate a LARGE SUM of money to them.
2. A full list of organizations that AEA is working with to help Black, Indigenous, and POC feel safer.
3. A full report of how the 2020 Equity dues were spent and what percentage is being spent to help conversations around diversity.
4. Achieve greater inclusion for trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming artists.
5. We want visibility on how the national council votes for policies. We also want efforts to improve diversity within the council.
6. We want to achieve greater inclusion for artists with visible and nonvisible differing abilities.

Look, I support all of these but the first one is really vague, weirdly stated, and doesn't say what will happen if that does not happen. Like, what is a LARGE sum of money? Be more specific and a bit more organized with these demands! Just my thoughts. 

[Dolly80]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 10:16pm

It’s like a protest run by children.

Reminds me of when I was younger I left a note on my bedroom door saying I was refusing to ever come out unless my mum agreed to stop making me eat broccoli.

Didn’t work.

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 10:17pm

ctorres23 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "I’m not making fun of the situation, it just doesn’t make sense to me."

To be clear I am definitely making fun of it. They are dedicating a whole march to getting rid of one guy, but they also gave him a vague out-clause if he donates some unspecified sum of money to totally unrelated groups. It's a little crazy."

a *little* crazy? 

Also if these demands aren't met then....what, exactly? So silly.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 10:19pm

It’s like a protest run by children.
 

Yeah, it's a bit embarrassing. Anyone going to this? If so, what do you hope to achieve? Serious question. 

[Dolly80]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 10:19pm

JDonaghy4 said: "ctorres23 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "I’m not making fun of the situation, it just doesn’t make sense to me."

To be clear I am definitely making fun of it. They are dedicating a whole march to getting rid of one guy, but they also gave him a vague out-clause if he donates some unspecified sum of money to totally unrelated groups. It's a little crazy."

a *little* crazy?

Also if these demands aren't met then....what, exactly? So silly."

 

Then... they are going to be REALLY unhappy about it and stand on a street corner and shout stuff. All 3 of them.

 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 10:46pm

As an Equity member, this just all seems unfocused to me? Rudin isn't part of the Actor's Union, as far I can tell, has only harassed people from his own office, which again, are not part of the Union. So, why does the Union need to get involved? Sure it all sucks and indirectly effects us, but I guess I'm confused why it's being treated this way. 

Secondly, I don't know what they want the Union to do with inclusion? They can't force writers to write scripts that are more diverse, or require theaters to only produce diverse plays, or force directors to cast who they cast. I'm just confused as to what the outcome is suppose to be. 

[David10086]

Posted: 4/19/21 at 10:49pm

BroadwayNYC2 said: "Oh boy, do these people need a communications team. Dripping with naïveté"

 

They need an adult in the room, too. This is embarrassing, and that's a compliment. 

 

[itsjustmejonhotmailcom]

Posted: 4/20/21 at 12:17am

unclevictor said: "Check it out:https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/March-on-Broadway-Planned-for-April-22-20210419

I like all the demands but I especially like thisdemand:Scott Rudinto be removed from the Broadway League - If he is not removed from the Broadway League, we want restoration. We want Scott to publicly choose 20 BIPOC run theatres and donate a LARGE SUM of money to them

You can produce a show on Broadway without being a member of the League. Not sure what they think that will accomplish.

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