The idea of a masterwork like PORGY AND BESS being reduced to a "black show" is rather appalling. Mrs. Obama's attendance reflects her taste in music, not her quest to see dark-skinned actors on the stage. For what it's worth, when Katrina hit, Condoleeza Rice attended SPAMALOT. People trashed her, but I thought it irrelevant (she was Secretary of State, not Secretary of African-Americans; my problems with her involve Iraq, not Tim Curry's Camelot or whatever she does on Saturday night to avoid dinner with W and Laura). As are these comments about a brilliant woman like Michelle Obama attending an American classic written by George Gershwin. We have so many real problems in this country. Attributing any Presidential theatrical attendance to racial bias is rather pitiful.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
Updated On: 7/15/12 at 10:04 PM