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| WEST SIDE STORY - Not tonight | |
| Posted by: singleticket 07:39 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
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| I had a ticket for tonight but I didn't use it. However, the protests outside demanding cast member Amar Ramasar's ouster from the show were riveting. A master class in street demonstrating from a very young ensemble. Great projection and sustaining of chants. | |
| Link | Get Amar Ramasar Off the Broadway Stage |
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| re: WEST SIDE STORY - Not tonight | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 08:33 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
| In reply to: WEST SIDE STORY - Not tonight - singleticket 07:39 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
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| Did you not use your ticket because of Ramasar? The text on the page you linked says something that is misleading and something that, as far as I know, is simply incorrect. I say this not to defend either Ramasar or his hiring for WSS, but because it's important not to misrepresent the facts when protesting something. It says, "Although the dancers were fired by New York City Ballet shortly after the incident, this decision was shortly after rejected, and they were rehired with virtually no consequences." But Chase Finlay resigned and has not been back. AGMA challenged the firings of Ramasar and Catazaro, and an arbitrator ruled that NYCB had to rehire them. Personally, I think that was a bad decision, but anyone who doesn't know the full story would probably think from reading that page that NYCB happily chose to rehire them. |
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| re: WEST SIDE STORY - Not tonight | |
| Last Edit: ryhog 10:11 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
| Posted by: ryhog 10:09 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
| In reply to: re: WEST SIDE STORY - Not tonight - AlanScott 08:33 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
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| I support people who want to protest; I support people who choose to boycott; I oppose Ramasar's actions. But, I am also a big fan of facts. Here is what I understand to be the case. He was rehired because he did not engage in any conduct related to his employment or that ran afoul of his employment agreement. He committed no crime. We can think that the production should nonetheless have declined to hire him, and we can freely express our displeasure, but having been hired, he cannot be discharged for the same reason he was rehired. And (this is opinion, not fact) employing falsity to make one's points and enlist support for one's position ultimately undercuts any power one might otherwise have. And when one urges a certain action, it is well to consider how broad a brush one is painting with. There are rights at issue here that ought not be compromised easily. |
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| re: WEST SIDE STORY - Not tonight | |
| Posted by: manchurch03104 08:00 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
| In reply to: WEST SIDE STORY - Not tonight - singleticket 07:39 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
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| The NY Post has a story | |
| Link | West Side Story sticking by star despite protests |
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| re: WEST SIDE STORY - Not tonight | |
| Posted by: schauspieler 03:24 am EST 02/14/20 | |
| In reply to: re: WEST SIDE STORY - Not tonight - manchurch03104 08:00 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
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| I've been following this story since the original complaint was made public. Every such case is unique. Assuming that Ramasar has never been accused of behaving inappropriately since then, I don't see why he should be subject to what is in essence a life sentence. The victim will undoubtedly be compensated for her pain. I assume he has apologized and publicly acknowledged the extent of his bad behavior. He behaved atrociously and was caught. Is there no room for the possibility that he might have changed? In this case, given the facts we know, to deny someone their entire life's work and future career, IMO, is cruel and unusual punishment. I compare this to the forced resignation of Al Franken from the US Senate for the crime of inappropriately patting women on their bums and making an idiotic visual joke years before about a sleeping woman's breasts. Expose the behavior, Yes. Condemn it. But accept evidence that it is not an ongoing situation and don't take away someone's life work. Let the punishment fit the crime. From the NY Post: " the woman Ramasar allegedly sent an explicit photo of, Alexa Maxwell — who has been dating him for five years — told the New York Times, “I am not a victim in this,” and explained he had expressed his regret over the situation and that she had forgiven him. “He apologized time and time again, and I think that it’s my choice as a woman to forgive him.” |
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| re: WEST SIDE STORY - Not tonight | |
| Posted by: 37Rubydog 01:34 pm EST 02/14/20 | |
| In reply to: re: WEST SIDE STORY - Not tonight - schauspieler 03:24 am EST 02/14/20 | |
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| I tend to agree. While the protesters are supporting one victim, they are also saying that maxwell’s opinion doesn’t matter. | |
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| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 06:17 am EST 02/14/20 | |
| In reply to: re: WEST SIDE STORY - Not tonight - schauspieler 03:24 am EST 02/14/20 | |
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| Let the punishment fit the crime. Well, maybe having people publicly protest your douchebaggery is the punishment that fits the crime. |
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| re: WEST SIDE STORY - Not tonight | |
| Posted by: StanS 01:59 pm EST 02/14/20 | |
| In reply to: re: WEST SIDE STORY - Not tonight - MockingbirdGirl 06:17 am EST 02/14/20 | |
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| "Well, maybe having people publicly protest your douchebaggery is the punishment that fits the crime." Maybe, but for how long? whenever he's hired for anything for the rest of his life? |
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