Offended someone? Off with your head!

“Just yesterday, The New York Times reported on the fate of Gilbert and Sullivan in New York: ‘A production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado,” we read, ‘was canceled after it drew criticism over how its largely non-Asian cast planned to portray the stereotyped Japanese characters and culture that are often seen as central to the work, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players announced on their website.’”

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“As the Times reports without irony (it is, after all, an irony-free paper): ‘The decision was announced as many arts organizations are rethinking how they stage classic works that portray different races and cultures onstage in ways that are now seen as racist or offensive, in an effort to keep the jarring aspects from getting in the way of what makes those works great.’”

http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2015/09/19/a-farewell-to-gilbert-sullivan/?singlepage=true

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