Mayor Stockmann is Imperioli's character in the play — "An Enemy of the People" — that was disrupted by the climate protesters, Extinction Rebellion Crew.
"Actors were called to leave the stage while the protestors were removed, but many remained in character throughout the disruption, with [Jeremy] Strong and Imperioli reacting to Extinction Rebellion as if the interruption were part of the script...."
"Actors were called to leave the stage while the protestors were removed, but many remained in character throughout the disruption, with [Jeremy] Strong and Imperioli reacting to Extinction Rebellion as if the interruption were part of the script...."
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Lefties cannot even stand up for what's right without apologizing for it. And, by 'what's right' I don't mean screaming Broadway will disappear under the sea. I mean standing up to the insanity.
Is there anyone in show business who is not this way?
>"Tonight was wild….no hard feelings, Extinction Rebellion Crew. Michael is on your side, but Mayor Stockmann is not. Much love," Imperioli wrote on social media<
Good grief! What a tool.
Hippies Ruin Play. Actors Side With Them
That’s the alternate headline.
Extinction Rebellion: aren't they the people who want humanity's extinction?
...no hard feelings, Extinction Rebellion Crew. Michael is on your side, but Mayor Stockmann is not.
"Oh. Groovy. Yeah, capitalism... Well, finally, those capitalist pigs will pay for their crimes, eh?"
This again, huh? It was fake, scripted. It'll come out in time, if anyone still cares after the weekend, that the "climate protester" was a member of the troupe or the theater. It was shitty, collegiate political theater. No wonder why Broadway is dead.
It won’t be long before some of these folks get seriously jacked up by other folks that are seriously fed up.
More destruction of art.
I'm sorry to see Michael Imperioli felt the need to kiss their asses afterwards.
He had to go back and do a little post-play ass kissing to keep his kewl-kids bona fides up. "It wasn't me - it was that stage character I was playing that objected - I think you're great! Much love!"
I'm cynical enough to think that this is all a ploy by Imperioli to get some pub for his Broadway play.
Christopher woulda done the same thing.
When the audience finally gets fed up enough to take matters into their own hands, will the authorities still view it as art?
Yeah, they're so cute. Last time I saw them, they were bashing cops' heads with concrete reinforced PVC. They have killed or maimed scores of forestry workers by spiking trees.
They're murderous terrorists. I wonder if idiot NYC theater goers would react differently if they drove a spike into Michael Imperioli's brain, like the do to the little people.
The answer for me is as simple as the disruption, to vote for the politician most unadorable to that cause, whatever it is. Same with the Palestinian disruptors.
They should have thrown paint in his face. Hell, he should throw paint in his own face. Swallow it.
boatbuilder said...
“I'm cynical enough to think that this is all a ploy by Imperioli to get some pub for his Broadway play. Christopher woulda done the same thing.”
Perhaps. But if it wasn’t, Christopher would have quietly taken names, and a discrete amount of time later put them into the trunk of his car and taken them out to the Pine Barrens.
Emotional and indoctrinated adult/children having tantrums over something that humans cannot possibly stop. There is absolutely no evidence that c02 is the main driver of climate anomalies. C02 is a trace gas measured at the parts per a million level. The real "cause" of climate change is fabricated computer modeling programs that claim "the warmest year ever" nonsense.
Some "An Enemy of the People" Trivia.
For some reason Steve McQueen chose to star in a 1978 film version of the play as Stockmann when he could have chosen any role he wanted. Guess he wanted to move away from his tough guy image. The film was a box office bomb.
Jaws, the film and book, was inspired by the plot of "An Enemy of the People". Along with Moby Dick.
He plays a tough guy on TV but is actually a whiny, emotional, needy pussy in real life.
In other words, a liberal democrat...
I can't agree with Michael Imperioli's sentiment, but I admire the actor(s)' professionalism in continuing the performance (and in integrating the interruption into the production.)
It isn't the death of expertise that worries me; it's the decline of professionalism in our society. We should appreciate it when we see it.
It would have pleased me no end if Christopher Moltisanti had been taken out by the Russian in the Pine Barrens.
They don't love Nature, they hate people.
If I were King, people who glues themselves to things would be made to suffer the consequences whatever they may be.
Anyone who helps release them goes to prison.
People who interrupt other peoples social gatherings will have a crowd of people with assorted horns and no training enter space they sleep in and play a song. No earplugs allowed.
It would all end.
as Butkus51 points out..
IF there were ANY repercussions for:
destroying artwork..
obstructing traffic..
etc,
How many of these dedicated believers would continue to do their protests?
If YOU KNEW, that destroying a priceless masterpiece would result in life imprisonment..
IF YOU KNEW, that standing in traffic would make you road kill...
HOW MANY people would do it? Do you BELIEVE in your cause? Or is it ALL a POSE?
'If I were King, people who glues themselves to things would be made to suffer the consequences whatever they may be.'
Leave them where they are. No food, no water.
They only get released when they say (on camera to be posted to social media) 'I love Trump and big oil.'
Then they get prosecuted and jailed...
An extinction rebellion cell was in Pike Place last week. Maybe 10 total. 4 in drag, a few hags and a decent looking woman. One of the guys gives tours in the market. The leader was Australian, and giving instructions.
Make a scene. Punch above your weight. Dress provocatively and do performative dance in public. Feel the feels of belonging to an urgent and moral cause....
I'm thinking it was all part of the performance.
It won’t be long before some of these folks get seriously jacked up by other folks that are seriously fed up.
Yep. And it's not just these assholes, either.
Someone, somewhere is going to light the fuse. And then it's on.
When people intentionally come to disrupt a show, they are stealing from every member of the audience. It was fortunate that the actors have the skill to have made it feel like part of the show for some of the audience, but that doesn't change the fact that the protesters wanted to take the experience of the show away from people who had paid to see it. I think a fair punishment for these kinds of things would be for them each to reimburse every audience member the cost of the ticket - so each attendee gets their ticket price x the number of protesters.
In SF in November, 78 Anti-Israeli protestors were arrested for a 4-hour sit-in on the Bay Bridge - a fundamental conduit serving 260,000 vehicles a day. Yesterday, it was announced, in lieu of a trial, they all have to perform 5 hours of community service. But really, since they already serviced the community but good for four hours, they've only got one left.
I want them all to lose…
Never liked him, and now I think even less of him.
Phantomutt and a few others, you're missing the point. These are terrorists who murder people. Not fancy leftist actors, just forestry workers and police. They use a variety of tactics and exploit naive people like you.
The only reasonable thing that the theater should have done was call the police, have them arrested, and offer free tickets for another night.
They pretend to be leaderless. That's a tactic and a lie. They pretend to operate in "focals" completely separated from each other. That's a tactic and a lie.
Did you live through the Sixties and Seventies as a sentient youth or adult? If so, you have no excuse for your excuses. If you didn't, educate yourself.
It looks like he's kissing up to the protestors to try and keep their wrath away from his show. What he doesn't realize is that he's actually encouraging the protestors to do more of this.
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