Every Show Cancelled at the Kennedy Center
in Protest of Trump
Townhall,
by
Sarah Arnold
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
2/15/2025 8:23:56 PM
In a clear display of political bias, celebrities recently canceled multiple performances at the Kennedy Center in protest of President Donald Trump. Once celebrated for its commitment to artistic expression, this arts institution has allowed partisan politics to shape its programming decisions. Trump’s shakeup, in which he ousted 18 members of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts board and replaced them with a Trump-aligned majority, has made left-wing crybabies spiral into a black hole and flee the Washington, D.C. institution.
Post Reply
Reminder: “WE ARE A SALON AND NOT A SALOON”
Your thoughts, comments, and ideas are always welcome here. But we ask you to please be mindful and respectful. Threatening or crude language doesn't persuade anybody and makes the conversation less enjoyable for fellow L.Dotters.
This makes zero difference to 99% of the people in this country.
154 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 2/15/2025 8:29:54 PM (No. 1897085)
Excellent. Get some good conservative artists and shows. Other than that, just shut it down and save the upkeep costs. Only the elite leftists will miss it.
109 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
crashnburn 2/15/2025 8:30:58 PM (No. 1897087)
Saved PDJT the trouble of firing them.
I hope the door didn't hit them where the good Lord split them.
As far as I'm concerned, they will not be missed.
Now, maybe some conservative artists will get a chance.
76 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
HerbVA 2/15/2025 8:32:54 PM (No. 1897090)
Yikes! I may not sleep tonight.
70 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 2/15/2025 8:33:33 PM (No. 1897091)
OK, fine. Nobody really cares.
75 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
sunset 2/15/2025 8:48:19 PM (No. 1897100)
There are plenty of class acts wiling to perform
49 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
earlybird 2/15/2025 8:54:05 PM (No. 1897103)
I have never heard of any of these "protesters" but Renee Fleming and she is nearly 70.
Srely others will be happy to take their places?
49 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
PChristopher 2/15/2025 8:56:42 PM (No. 1897104)
Somehow I just don't feel deprived.
65 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
simpleman 2/15/2025 8:57:58 PM (No. 1897105)
"Shonda Rhimes .... previously served as a Kennedy Center Treasuruer" .... any wonder if there could be a sequal to "Scandal"?
39 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
stablemoney 2/15/2025 8:58:53 PM (No. 1897106)
Good. Maybe we can book some programs that people will watch.
39 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Doc1 2/15/2025 9:06:29 PM (No. 1897111)
Cancel the Kennedy Center. Serves only a very few people in the United States.
61 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
thefield 2/15/2025 9:15:58 PM (No. 1897117)
Give them until September when the performance season starts. Those not picked up will be singing a different tune.
29 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Enoch Powell 2/15/2025 9:17:24 PM (No. 1897119)
In a heartwarming display of tolerance and acceptance of views differing from their own, the staff and performers at the Kennedy Center... etc. etc.
43 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
red1066 2/15/2025 9:24:23 PM (No. 1897124)
I wonder how much taxpayer money is being saved?
48 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Miceal 2/15/2025 9:26:44 PM (No. 1897128)
Good. Shut it down until the children learn how to behave.
42 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
OhioNick 2/15/2025 9:32:33 PM (No. 1897131)
Yesterday, I visited the Kennedy Center website and found a page of the people who actually run the stage productions at the facility on a daily basis. There were Asians, Hispanics and Indians, but not a single White man or White woman. Today, I couldn't find the page. Have any of these scared cows been fired? Did they quit? Or did they take down the page because they wanted to make sure that people wouldn't learn about the exclusionary, racist hiring practices at this woke enterprise?
54 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 2/15/2025 9:46:38 PM (No. 1897142)
Sounds like breech of contract, and Trump should sue on behalf of the Kennedy Center to recoup all funds expended advertising and promoting these now canceled performances.
42 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 2/15/2025 9:48:38 PM (No. 1897144)
Entertainers need us waaay more than we need them. Plus I’ve heard rumblings that hollywood has received, you guessed it, USAID money. Wouldn’t that be a hoot?
45 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
MissMann 2/15/2025 9:50:37 PM (No. 1897148)
So, they are the biased political lefties we all thought they were. Surprise, surprise, surprise.
34 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
leonardo 2/15/2025 9:53:23 PM (No. 1897149)
DEMOCRAT cry-babies simply cannot recognize that AMERICA has elected TRUMP hugely. The American people don’t much CARE what “celebrities” think about what TRUMP will do … and they can do quite well without said cry-babies’ communistic opinions. Americans don’t NEED crying celebrities, the celebrities need THEM.
24 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
pixelero 2/15/2025 9:58:13 PM (No. 1897152)
In 48-hrs. new shows will be booked.
17 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
Son of Grady 2/15/2025 10:03:34 PM (No. 1897154)
They are all court jesters anyway.
22 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
singermom9 2/15/2025 10:08:08 PM (No. 1897155)
Stop funding ANYTHING in NYC. Let them pay for everything in state themselves.
16 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 2/15/2025 10:18:47 PM (No. 1897159)
Gee, where will the gaysters go now?
23 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
anniebc 2/15/2025 10:45:04 PM (No. 1897165)
One less task for President Trump to focus on. He's got lots of other things he can do with his time. I love it when the left self cancels. They make it easy for everybody.
23 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
mc squared 2/15/2025 10:52:04 PM (No. 1897168)
Republicans lost all their votes too.
13 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
snakeoil 2/15/2025 11:03:44 PM (No. 1897176)
Since all performances have been canceled the building can be used for something else. Trumpland.
20 people like this.
Put on your thinking caps, folks. How can the Kennedy Center be repurposed?
18 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
thekidsmom66 2/15/2025 11:34:13 PM (No. 1897189)
Oh, no! Not Low Cut Connie! How will we ever recover from THAT loss???
/sarcasm
11 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
jalo1951 2/15/2025 11:39:14 PM (No. 1897190)
Everyone can be replaced.
15 people like this.
Reply 31 - Posted by:
Pepperpot59 2/16/2025 12:29:06 AM (No. 1897206)
I think that's called cutting off your nose despite your face.
12 people like this.
Reply 32 - Posted by:
Pepperpot59 2/16/2025 12:31:23 AM (No. 1897207)
I think that's called cutting off your nose to spite your face. The Lousy voice to text Change my to spite to despite Just as I was hitting Submit. You have to watch It all the time.
18 people like this.
Reply 33 - Posted by:
Strike3 2/16/2025 3:55:27 AM (No. 1897242)
How can they do that while black history month is going on? Have they no shame?
15 people like this.
Reply 34 - Posted by:
watashiyo 2/16/2025 4:28:42 AM (No. 1897257)
So petty.
12 people like this.
Reply 35 - Posted by:
mifla 2/16/2025 4:44:27 AM (No. 1897261)
Taking their ball and going home. See ya.
14 people like this.
Reply 36 - Posted by:
Petronius 2/16/2025 5:19:48 AM (No. 1897279)
This affects my life exactly 0%.
23 people like this.
Reply 37 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 2/16/2025 5:20:35 AM (No. 1897280)
The last show that my husband and I saw at the Kennedy Center was not worth the money or time. They have been producing "garbage". We have not been back since.
9 people like this.
Reply 38 - Posted by:
Highlander 2/16/2025 7:05:35 AM (No. 1897308)
It’s daunting to see how liberalism has permeated into every public institution in our country like a rat infestation. They’re everywhere!
12 people like this.
Reply 39 - Posted by:
vrb8m 2/16/2025 7:36:56 AM (No. 1897317)
Seriously, who do these people think they are?
9 people like this.
Reply 40 - Posted by:
BarryNo 2/16/2025 7:41:44 AM (No. 1897322)
Then they should talk to some patriotic theater groups (Before Covid, there were at least a few). I'm sure the vacancies can be filled.
9 people like this.
Reply 41 - Posted by:
udanja99 2/16/2025 7:51:24 AM (No. 1897334)
Gee, that’s too bad. Now, go find a real job.
13 people like this.
Reply 42 - Posted by:
downnout 2/16/2025 8:03:06 AM (No. 1897339)
With the exception of Renee Fleming the others are non-entities.
6 people like this.
Reply 43 - Posted by:
Subsuburban 2/16/2025 8:33:44 AM (No. 1897350)
Can someone please point out to me where, in the Constitution, it gives the federal government the right or duty to establish a national "Center for the Performing Arts" and fund its activities? Anyone? Buehler? Are there not sufficient private outlets for the display of "talent" (italics needed in light of what passes for that these days) that the taxpayers of this and every succeeding generation is required to pay the wages of "artists" for their "perfomances"? The metal midgets and moral cretins who populate the ranks of our "performing artists" do not deserve public exhibition, let alone public funding.
13 people like this.
Reply 44 - Posted by:
Encore 2/16/2025 9:08:52 AM (No. 1897376)
Chalk up another win!!
10 people like this.
BOO HOO. How will the DC elite survive without the (government subsidized) entertainment? My heart bleeds for them. Hey, that does't look like blood...
5 people like this.
Reply 46 - Posted by:
paral04 2/16/2025 10:15:02 AM (No. 1897400)
So, that opens up all kinds of opportunities for sane people to work there.
4 people like this.
Reply 47 - Posted by:
Kate318 2/16/2025 12:49:33 PM (No. 1897487)
The left, thinking they have more influence than they actually do, throws yet another temper tantrum. As usual, they are merely shooting themselves in the foot while congratulating each other on what great aim they have.
2 people like this.
Reply 48 - Posted by:
preciosodrogas 2/16/2025 3:49:06 PM (No. 1897531)
What does the federal government have to do with the "arts?" Federally controlled or influenced arts is antithetical to our concept of government. I can see how it happens. The devil entices us with the idea that we put all our wealth into a strong central government we can create heaven on earth, it will be a paradise. We could have the greatest military the world has ever seen, except it gives power to a president that can threaten us with F-15s if we try to stand up to them - mind boggling. We can have the greatest science in the world except it produces a bunch of clapping seals willing to say anything the powers want to get those federal reserve notes. The greatest health care system imaginable, except they can use it to force you and your children to take a deadly jab or they will imprison any who defy them.
What we need is a limited central government subject to checks and balances, it's the crooks we don't need. I need a Trump brain to wrap my mind around the out and out magnitude of their embezzlement by those we have elected.
0 people like this.
Reply 49 - Posted by:
NYbob 2/17/2025 12:49:41 AM (No. 1897650)
There are plenty of corporations and potential donors who would be proud to sponsor outstanding performances. I don't mean outstanding as classified by Hollywood or liberal media. Musicians, actors, singers, etc. that excel in their skill and whose content inspires and reflects the greatness of the USA, instead of egotistic, rants that degrade the USA and any moral values. The Federal government has no business paying for this, but they do have a duty to keep true enemies of our better culture and basic values, from soiling a building taxpayers paid for.
0 people like this.
Reply 50 - Posted by:
kiwinews 2/17/2025 12:54:58 AM (No. 1897652)
Board members and bigwigs can resign, but artists under contract for performances will find that flouncing has financial repercussions.
0 people like this.
Below, you will find ...
Most Recent Articles posted by "Imright"
and
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)