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To many, the five came to embody the damage caused by a racist belief in out-of-control crime perpetrated by youths of color. Trump added fuel with full-page ads in New York newspapers.“I want to hate these muggers and murderers,” Trump
in Newsday. “They should be forced to suffer and, when they kill, they should be executed for their crimes.”“It started with his demonizing five young boys, calling for the death penalty, and really exploiting the underlying racial animus that existed and racial anxiety in New York,” composer Anthony Davis said. “That’s become his playbook ever since, whether he’s demonizing immigrants or he’s demonizing trans people or he’s demonizing homosexuals or demonizing anyone that he can view as the other.”after evidence linked a serial rapist to the crime. As president in 2019, Trump
to the men, saying “they admitted their guilt.” The opera includes a performer portraying Trump.“We didn’t make it more critical or less critical (of Trump),” Sharon said of the opera. “What they did with this piece is they took Trump’s own words and they set that to music. Ninety-five percent of the libretto is directly from the language that Trump used to insert himself in this story.”
“The Central Park Five” played for three dates in May in Detroit and people associated with the production said they experienced no significant backlash. Some in the arts community said moving forward with the performance was a sign of resistance — a mirror of
at the Kennedy Center to protest Trump’s takeover.The PG rating is having a bit of a resurgence in box office cred after years of being the “uncool” little sibling to PG-13. Last year PG movies made up
, led by “Inside Out 2.”might seem like an odd match, but the Grammy-winning megastar is “steeped in Smurfs knowledge,” according to director Chris Miller. She told Miller that growing up in Barbados, her family’s television had one channel, and that channel played the Hanna-Barbera show constantly.
This image released by Paramount Animation shows Papa Smurf, voiced by John Goodman in the film “Smurfs.” (Paramount Animation via AP)This image released by Paramount Animation shows Papa Smurf, voiced by John Goodman in the film “Smurfs.” (Paramount Animation via AP)