This Week in the Mercury
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Artsy Lars vs. OCT
Posted by Alison Hallett on Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 1:53 PM
This post from Culture Shock tickled me right to my liberal, theater-loving core:
This morning, I received an insider tip that conservative commentator Lars Larson was preparing to skewer Stan Foote, Artistic Director of Oregon Children’s Theatre (OCT), on his KXL radio show. Mr. Larson’s staff had apparently spotted an incendiary OCT press release about its upcoming show, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type, which included the following teaser: "The book is widely used and supported by unions as it promotes their message of organizing, empowerment, and solidarity. Lawyers of labor and employment law also recommend this book."Now if you’ve ever listened to Larson’s radio show, you'll know that he has a beef (no pun intended...yes it was) with labor unions, particularly now that union workers have single-handedly destroyed the American auto industry. (Also, he doesn't like the illegal immigrants so much). So you can imagine his consternation upon learning that the region’s flagship theater for young audiences was propagandizing for the union cause.
Yes! On a dreary Thursday, it's just... it's like a gift. As far as I can tell, only members of "Team Lars" have access to the podcast, but the full Culture Shock post is worth reading.
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