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Tuesday January 22, 2008
Carnegie Hall Permits Blasphemous Jerry Springer Opera
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By John Connolly
NEW YORK, January 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Carnegie Hall will host the anti-Christian and blasphemous show "Jerry Springer-The Opera" on January 29, to the protests of the Catholic League and its president, Bill Donohue.
"Never before in its illustrious history has Carnegie Hall been home to Christian bashing, but that is all about to change on January 29 and 30," said Donohue. "Incredibly, it is allowing a patently obscene and viciously anti-Christian musical to be performed on its stage. Thus has it got into bed with the bigots, making a mockery of art in the process. This isn't art-it's license."
The show is filled with obscenity, and the Catholic League provides a synopsis of the show's DVD which includes Jesus admitting he's gay, sexual assault between biblical characters and portrays Satan as a friendly character frustrated with the ridiculous behavior of Jesus, Adam and Eve in streams of obscene language.
"Is it art when a world religion is trashed on stage in a totally obscene way? This is what the officers of Carnegie Hall seem to be saying, which is why they are allowing 'Jerry Springer-The Opera' to soil its stage next week," said Donohue. "And do they agree with Max von Essen, the actor who plays a transsexual in the show? Here is what he told the Internet-site BroadwayWorld: 'I'm a New Yorker. I'm liberal and open-minded. Things don't really shock me. But I was reading the second-act today and thinking that if you're religious, you could be. But you shouldn't.'
"How telling. Max has a mind that is so open that it allows him not to be shocked at cultural assaults on someone else's religion, even in instances when he is doing the trashing. When some are offended, he is just liberal enough to tell them they shouldn't be. Is this the road Carnegie Hall wants to travel?"
Readers are encouraged to write or call Carnegie Hall and protest the show's opening at Carnegie Hall.
See the Synopsis of "Jerry Springer - The Opera" (WARNING: obscene language is used):
http://catholicleague.org/jerryspringeropera.php
To Contact Carnegie Hall Public Affairs Department to express concerns:
212-903-9750
881 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019-3210
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