Pushing Daisey
Pushing Daisey
So much has already been written about the dust-up (or water-down) at comedian Mike Daisey's Friday performance of his Invincible Summer at the American Repertory Theatre (ART) in Cambridge, Massachusetts that I won't bother to repeat the story -- instead, I'll just offer my two cents.
Just as I must vigorously defend Daisey's right to use his First Amendment rights, regardless of how appropriate or inappropriate I might find the subject matter, I also defend the First Amendment rights of audience members to express themselves by walking out from a show they found objectionable.
But speaking of objectionable, there is absolutely no defense whatsoever for the adult chaperone (to the students of California's Norco High School) who doused a bottle of water over the outline for Daisey's routine. For that, Daisey is deserving of the belated apology he received from Norco principal Jeff Johnson.
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Labels: Boston, Comedy, First Amendment, Freedom Of Speech, Invincible Summer, Mike Daisey
posted by Steve On Broadway (SOB) @ Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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