Is it ART or Wishful Thinking? The Last Supper raises eyebrows

you should read christopher brookmyre's latest. you'll get beautifully confused by that one. anyway since i, like i suspect everybody else in this discussion, haven't seen the play in question i won't comment on it. if you want free speech though obviously you can't stop things like this being shown. if you want only stuff you agree with perhaps you should try a right wing version of communism?

I support free speech but I do wish people would use some judgment. Just as you shouldn't shout "fire!" in a crowded theater, you should not talk about killing people with whom you disagree. The problem is hypocrisy. Those people, as you said, would have a fit if it was conservatives talking about killing liberals. Have you heard the sound bites from a Code Pink rally where people are talking about lynching Clarence Thomas? I've heard so much violent speech from the left while they accuse the right of being violent and want to shut down talk radio and other outlets that are conservative. I do support the right of that theater to put on that play. It's not like they're not forcing anyone to go see it.

I agree, they have every right to show the play. I would hope most thinking adults would not pay for it therefore closing the play. But I have no problem with them showing it. But I also think the director should not be surprised by the flack she is receiving. It is one thing to be brave in your speech but you should be prepared to handle the outcome.

I noticed the article you posted didn't mention that "The Last Supper" was also a 1995 movie, starring Cameron Diaz. Obviously, it wasn't written with today's political climate or tea party activists in mind! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113613/ What it is is very dark satire with all of the characters, both the extreme liberal murderers and the extreme right victims being basic caricatures. Trust me, the liberals weren't portrayed as "heroes" by any stretch of the imagination. Annie

Well personally I don't care which side is doing the killing or is being killed in this play as well it is a work of Art and falls under the Protection of the First Amendment as a freedom of speech thing. So I say let them make as many plays as they want on this type of subject matter. It is artistic expression and anyway if you where to listen to the news it is the liberals turn anyway.

I don't care that they're doing it; I just happen to find it endlessly hysertical that they're so oblivious to their "side" showing any hate - the we're-RIGHT-so-we're-allowed-to-do-it crap is just really as over the nest as you can possibly be. I seen this on Red Eye last week or something. I just couldn't help but to laugh. These evil righties with their harsh rhetoric about...well, what? Tougher immigration, no massive healthcare SNAFU, controlling spending, questioning Obama's experience, leadership and sometimes even his legitimacy as a president, stealing a democrat move and putting a target on a campaign poster - this is as rough and tumble as it gets. The left's response to that: we will murder you. This is exactly why ideologues make me sick, regardless of which side they stand on. Thinking that you're right about EVERYTHING somehow justifies anything. But I'm all for the rights of people to do this and pretend that it's "art." It sorta reminds me of the "art" of Avatar, in a small way. Everyone was making a fuss about Cameron's big statement (supposedly) that we're bullies and greedy murderers and will get ours in the end. Well, I saw right through that vision and to the heart of Cameron's heart. Through it all, he still had zero faith that a poor, humble (colored) people could do anything for themselves, so he inserted his white, do-gooder hero to lead them and right the wrongs. I don't know if they're related, but it seems to me as if this crap masquerading as art is always awfully transparent and allows you (level-headed folk in general) to see how flawed their vision is. This play simply shows the true leanings of some. And to me that makes perfect sense. Every big-spending, big-government buff wants people imprisoned and ran into exile and murdered for not toeing the line. Nothing's really changed throughout history in that regard. It's like once you're so set that the way you see the world is absolute truth, anything outside of that is pure evil. And then I laugh some more to think that they'll simultaneously champion the Muslim Brotherhood and the Weather Underground and Chavez and Castro and Che and Mao and on and on (and probably even Hitler secretly!). Ahh... That's a whole lotta rambling to basically say that I don't care about crap like this. I fully expect it. It's a sentiment shared by many, I'll assume, as 1: I haven't seen it spoken about much and 2: it would definitely be a crime against humanity were liberals the supper attendees. So I hope people enjoy this play and enjoy thinking that capitalism is destroying the world, Americans cause all of global warming, and that organics and high food taxes will save us all. They're a special breed.

I agree.Everyone has the right to live in the world. Killing is absolutely a bad and cruel way to solve problem except where someone intends to lead the country and its people to destruction!