Opinion
As Anthony Hopkins once admitted, “actors are pretty stupid”. Nowhere is this more obvious than when actors, as they regularly do, subject us to the dreary ritual of lecturing us on current affairs. Mostly, of course, these overpaid, preening parrots are merely doing what they do for a living: squawking what they’re told to. In the words of Matt Stone and Trey Parker, in Team America: World Police, actors “read the newspapers and then say what we read on television like it’s our own opinion”.
But it takes a particularly stupid brand of actor to shake their little fists in support of Jew-murdering terrorists when most of their livelihood is dependent on Jewish philanthropists.
Billionaire philanthropist Gretel Packer is stepping down from the board of the Sydney Theatre Company, in a move likely to be perceived as a further blow to the ailing organisation as it absorbs the financial fallout from an actors protest in support of Palestinians.
Packer, of course, is not Jewish. But a great many of the STC’s financial support is drawn from Sydney’s Jewish community, who’ve long been patrons of the arts. These include SEEK CEO Ian Narev, who has already stepped down.
Packer’s departure comes at a difficult moment for the STC. It’s facing an exodus of donors, significant financial losses and undergoing staffing cuts due to in no small part to the protest action of November and the STC’s response to the consequent community outrage […]
Such is the dire state of the STC balance sheet that it’s currently sizing up cuts in the order of between 15 and 20 positions, with at least seven full-time roles already identified for redundancy, as Margin Call reported on Thursday. That’s a number insiders say is likely to increase, and consultations with staff have been continuing this week.
My heart bleeds for the idiot luvvies.
Packer was said to have been eager to end her association with the STC for some years but agreed to remain on the board during the Covid-19 pandemic, at which time she donated a large sum of money, with others, to keep the place solvent.
I’d be asking for my money back.
The timing of Packer’s decision will undoubtedly be viewed in light of the political protest staged in November and the concomitant financial losses.
The incident, during which three actors donned keffiyeh scarfs in solidarity with Palestinians — and later posted anti-Israel remarks on social media — resulted in an immediate backlash that played out in cancelled tickets, scratched subscriptions and the loss of important donors.
The Australian has previously reported that the STC was forecasting losses in the range of $1.5m as a result of what happened.
The Australian
How many times do we have to say it: Get woke, go broke.
Oh, well: it couldn’t have happened to a better bunch of dickheads.