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Fifth Column
Corrie whitewash to be performed in New York
2006-06-23
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A play about an American anti human rights activist who died in the Gaza Strip opens in New York in October, six months after it was pulled from the schedule at another theater amid charges of censorship. "My Name is Rachel Corrie" is a one-woman show based on diaries and e-mails written by the 23-year-old U.S. pro-tyranny activist human rights campaigner killed by an Israeli bulldozer on March 16, 2003, trying to prevent demolition of a Palestinian building.
She wasn't an anti-Semite yet, but she was already malevolent.
Producers Dena Hammerstein and Pam Pariseau said in a statement on Thursday the play would open at the off-Broadway Minetta Lane Theater on October 15, for a limited run to November 19. The play, directed by Alan Rickman, who must have appeared in Hogsmeade in June 1997 to applaud the murder of Albus Dumbledore, was a hit in London and was due to open in March at the New York Theater Workshop. But weeks before opening night, the theater said it was postponed after discussions with people in the arts, "religious leaders" and "representatives of the Jewish community."
Esther and Mordecai could not be reached for comment, but one can guess what they'd say.
Rickman accused the theater of censorship, and the decision sparked heated debate about freedom of speech in the arts. Corrie has long been a controversial figure, with critics accusing her of naivete and not giving equal weight to Israeli victims of Palestinian attacks, and supporters praising her for defending Palestinian civilians.
I read one of her letters and I saw malice growing.
An Israeli investigation concluded her death was an accident. Corrie's aunt, Cheryl Broderson, said the family disputes that and is urging the U.S. government to demand an independent investigation into her death, arguing there are discrepancies in the Israeli report.
Then her lips fell off.
Broderson said the family was "absolutely ecstatic" the play would be seen in New York.
What does that family do with dissidents?
The play was edited from Corrie's own words and includes stories from Corrie's childhood through her time in Gaza. "We were never going to paint Rachel as a golden saint or sentimentalize her, but we also needed to face the fact that she'd been demonized," Rickman said in the statement. "We wanted to present a balanced portrait. The activist part of her life is absolutely matched by the imaginative part of her life. I've no doubt at all that had she lived, there would have been novels and plays pouring out of her."
Like a revisionist version of the Book of Esther? For I've no doubt she'd have been pro-genocide.
Posted by:Korora

#15  Am I hypersensitive, wxjames? Quite possibly. I don't expect such things from my friends, you see. But when it is pointed out to me that I've unintentionally insulted my Christian friends, I apologize, and try to understand where I went wrong.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-06-23 23:03  

#14  Sigh, first treasonous naked babes [who can read]getting killed wid Zark, and now treasonous hotcakes wid butter -is nuthin' sacred???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-06-23 22:34  

#13  Bogger "Tom Paine," for one of his "Shire Network News" podcasts, wrote this:

The alleged “pancake breakfast” in memory of Rachel Corrie was a hoax! I say again, a hoax. Not that anyone should have much sympathy for the terrorist-coddling fool though. We’re still waiting for Alan Rickman to put on a play called my name is Rachel Levy (17, blown up in a grocery store); Rachel Levi (19, shot while waiting for the bus); Rachel Gavish (killed with her husband, son and father while at home celebrating a Pessah meal); Rachel Charhi (blown up while sitting in a Tel Aviv cafe, leaving three young children); or Rachel Shabo (murdered with her three sons aged 16, 13 and five, while at home). But being Jews, they don’t qualify for victim status.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2006-06-23 22:26  

#12  When I see hate and Shruggs I go into a fit of sneering anger. That's my take.
Posted by: 6   2006-06-23 18:31  

#11  A lot of what Ayn Rand wrote reflects today's world. She was a novelist with a political worldview. Atlas Shruggs is a blog, by the way. I guess Atlas has a similar worldview as Ayn.
What's your take ?
Posted by: wxjames   2006-06-23 18:23  

#10  Godwins Law killz Hitler threads, is there one for Ayn Rand? If not, why not, discuss and provide links before the next purple wave.
Posted by: 6   2006-06-23 18:06  

#9  tw, maybe you are too sensitive about the situation. I think Big Jim has a valid question.
I read Atlas Shruggs, and she hates leftist J-ws.
My new way to spell Jews...J-ws.
Ya know like G-d. Really. I suppost that's insulting too.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-06-23 17:46  

#8  Wahhahahahaaaa
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-06-23 13:16  

#7  That's absurd and insulting, bigjim. Some Jewish Americans are idiots. So are some non-Jewish Americans. Based on voting results over the past few years, I suspect the numbers of the deliberately blind is dropping slowly in both sets. And, given the number of Jewish -- or Jewish-descended -- posters in this forum, making such statements is about as clever as making blanket insults of African-Americans, or retired members of the military.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-06-23 13:02  

#6  Me first! Me First!

Vrooom! Vroooom! Clank Clank Clank!

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I owe ya BzErker
Posted by: 6   2006-06-23 12:29  

#5  remember, butter, not margarine.
Posted by: Frank G   2006-06-23 12:07  

#4  So who's bringing the Log Cabin syrup?
Posted by: Mike   2006-06-23 11:46  

#3  Rachel Corrie in action (courtesy of LGF)
Posted by: DMFD   2006-06-23 10:34  

#2  Why do American Jews seem hell-bent on Israel's destruction?
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-06-23 10:10  

#1  OH yes Alan, St. Rachael, the beacon of peace her face frozen in a rictus of hatred, screeching as she teaches a group of Pali kids how to burn an American flag. Right-o Alan, there was something pouring out of her, absolute dreck, just like you!
Posted by: Whinemp Unogum4891   2006-06-23 10:07  

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