stage door demo for Ripley's FAG slur Thurs. at 10 pm

[isntitromantic]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 4:57pm

Bring your "Alice Hates Fags" signs a la Fred Phelps to Shubert Alley Thursday night at 10. Homophobia will not be tolerated in the theater community. Spread the word. Queers unite against Crazy.


Updated On: 6/7/10 at 04:57 PM

[newintown]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 4:57pm

Flashmob!!

[Marianne2]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 4:59pm

Isn't Next to Normal dark on Wednesdays? That will do good going to a dark theater.

[tazber]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:02pm

Oh lord.

This is going to get interesting.

[Annas_Priest]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:05pm

If Ripley was really showing hate (and I don't think she was.. but I'll bite), what will protesting Hate with Hate do? It will do nothing but cause more hate.

[BroadwayBound115]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:05pm

what happened?

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:06pm

LMAO. You're planning a protest when the theater is dark?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:07pm

Maybe the anon freakazoid over at BroadwaySecrets can find this inspirational.

[binau]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:08pm

It would be interesting for someone to confront her in reality about it..

[isntitromantic]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:10pm

Demo is Thursday not Wednesday

[Annas_Priest]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:13pm

Dude.. What is this going to prove? That you can make signs? I am against the use of the word.. but as I said.. if she was showing hate (and I don't think she was) but IF she was.. what on earth is showing her hate back going to do? It's only going to prove her point about this community.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:17pm

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:22pm

I'll be there!
(will he sign my Side Show poster after?)

[Kalimba]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:36pm

I am so going to be there on Thursday. I just have to figure out what outfit I should wear and what I should write on my sign.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:38pm

I'm writing something about animal rights just so I can have an excuse to throw red paint.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:41pm

I may stop by with a lawnchair and some popcorn to watch this hot mess take place...

[PurpleFanta]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:42pm

^ Me too!

[ClapYo'Hands]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:43pm

What exactly did she say?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:46pm

She said Jesus was the faggot son of Miss Piggy and grabbed her crotch while reading bible verses to a crowd of underprivelaged retarded preschoolers.
It was quite a scene.

[Gabster]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:48pm

Don't you think someone will tell her about this and she might hm... not come out the stage door that night?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 5:55pm

She'd still be there, though. I don't really have an opinion on the protest, but demonstrations are never contingent on the entity being demonstrated standing before you as you do it.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 6:01pm

That vacation from the role of Diana cannot come soon enough. But really, this woman has a huge gay following (SIDE SHOW, anyone?) Does anyone think she's really homophobic?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 6:01pm

Wouldn't it be neat if BWW did photo coverage of the two people that show up for this?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 6:06pm

I think many straight folks are a titch homophobic internally. It doesn't mean it's a virulent homophobia, but nothing really surprises me. I'm often surprised by the limits of heterosexual tolerance, even on this board.

No, I really don't think she's homophobic, nor do I think a gay guy saying the c word is automatically misogynistic. However, if you use a pejorative word for a group and get called out on it and kind of willfully keep your ignorant head up, there IS some sort of problem there. It's very Palinesque.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/7/10 at 6:08pm

Alice Ripley MAKES ME WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I REALLY SAID WHAT WAS ON MY MIND. GOOD THING I CENSOR MYSELF.