RantCrush Top 5: June 12, 2017

Delta Airlines has ended its four-year-long sponsorship of the Public Theater in New York’s Central Park after the group premiered its production of “Julius Caesar.” The play features a very Trump-like leader who gets stabbed to death. The show is part of the theater’s free event series “Shakespeare in the Park.” In this modern interpretation of the classic play, the emperor is a blonde man wearing a suit and a red tie with an American flag pin. He also has a wife who speaks in an Eastern European accent.

Thank you @Delta and @BankofAmerica. This was the right thing to do… https://t.co/COOfg9QqUq

— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) June 12, 2017

Trump supporters have expressed outrage at the play, claiming that it glorifies the killing of a sitting president. However, it is a 418-year-old stage play and the artistic director says it absolutely does not promote violence. The story’s message is actually the opposite, in that it shows how resorting to violence will undermine a democracy. Many people who have seen the play at some point expressed surprise on social media that more people don’t realize this, and pointed out that no conservatives were upset when the same play featured an Obama-like leader during his presidency.

Please stop saying it is a play “depicting Trump’s assassination.”

It’s Julius Caesar.

Like Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

Sweet lord.

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) June 12, 2017

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.