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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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