Dixon led the Broadway musical cast in delivering a message to Pence from the stage after Friday night’s performance, which Pence attended. "Vice President-elect Pence, we welcome you and we truly thank you for joining us at 'Hamilton: An American Musical,' " Dixon said onstage. "We are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir. We hope this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and work on behalf of all of us." Trump lashed out at the cast Saturday morning in a series of tweets. "The Theater must always be a safe and special place.The cast of Hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man, Mike Pence. Apologize!" he wrote.
What do you expect @SlyPokerDog ?! This is the same musical that gave a standing ovation when Hillary Clinton came. The cast almost had organisms in her presence. Manhattan is arguably the most liberal city in all of USA. They are hurt because their God Queen got her ass handed to her by the Great God Emperor Trump. Liberals scorned to very drastic things.
Sorry guys, I'm a Trump supporter, but I have to side with Sly on this. I read that statement, and it wasn't rude. A bit....pessimistic, perhaps. And I suppose, depending on how deeply you want to break down the tone of the message, it could even be interpreted as "condescending". But I personally didn't see it as being rude. That being said, I have little doubt that the crowd most certainly may have been rude.
I think the tweets were to expose the hypocrisy of the so called "tolerant left." The same group that pushes tolerance by not being tolerant to those with opposing views. Some call that bigotry.
The reports were that Pence was booed when he came to the theater. I would go a bit further. As I explained to Sly, they gave Hillary a standing ovation and the cast basically fell over themselves at her presence. If there is a call out on Pence, where were they when Hillary called blacks super predators?
Because the cast used their stage to engage on a political matter, instead of sticking to the play. And as such, it fired up the crowd, which wasn't necessary. At all. That's one way to look at it. And 80% of me feels comfortable with that statement.
Pence was both cheered and boo'd by members of the audience when he was led to his seats by the secret service. The crowd fired themselves up. The message to Pence was given after the play was over.
My point remains: a play is about entertainment. Just like Kaepernick and football. Leave the SJW bullshit and politics out of it.
