After terminating multiple individuals from the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees, including the chairman, President Trump immediately appointed himself as the new chairman, stating that he will dictate programming, proclaiming his vision for “…a golden age in arts and culture.” The question many individuals are asking is whether his cultural golden age will involve putting his stamp on productions to tastelessly MAGAfy some of our most beloved plays.
Les Miserables: will Jean Valjean have a gang tattoo resembling an MS-13 tattoo, and will Javert be wardrobed in black garb resembling an ICE agent, including the balaclava face covering (with a mouth cutout for singing, hopefully)?
The Sound of Music: when Austrian Captain von Trapp rebukes a request to support the Nazi party, will he proclaim that he will “Make Austria great again” – and utilize the acronym MAGA?
Twelve Angry Men: rather than a teenager on trial for murdering his abusive father, will the defendant be a famous politician on trial for sexually assaulting a woman that the jurors all agree isn’t particularly attractive, leading them to conclude that the politician is obviously innocent?
Hamilton: to purportedly be closer to reality, will the production now have an all-white cast, with the exception of Maria Reynolds, a seductive whore who tricks Hamilton into having sex with her and therefore, ostensibly, doesn’t deserve to be white?
A Few Good Men: after admitting that he did indeed issue the illegal “code red” – a violent extrajudicial punishment which, in this case, resulted in the recipient’s death – will Colonel Jessep not be arrested but allowed to walk out of the courtroom, implying that a “code red” issued by a tough, classic American Marine colonel against an Hispanic Marine private, who the Colonel felt was wimpy and couldn’t cut it, is acceptable?
Cabaret: in keeping with his vow to eliminate any type of “drag” performance, will Kennedy Center Chairman Trump change the Kit Kat Klub Emcee’s “drag” persona to a more standard, somewhat innocuous Emcee type, who would conceivably host a second-rate TV show (reality show, perhaps)?
Death of a Salesman: will Willy Loman’s boss, Howard, tell him – despite Willy’s desperate pleas and his 34 years of service to the company – that the reason he can’t keep him on is because, “…he hasn’t learned the art of the deal”?
The Odd Couple: will Oscar Madison’s profession as a newspaper sports reporter be changed from, as President Trump has described it “…the dishonest…corrupt…human scum…fake news…enemy-of-the-people media” to a reporter for Fox News (apparently the only honest, moral, true news, friend-of the-people media)?
West Side Story: will the sharks be from Venezuela, rather than Puerto Rico, and the lyrics to the song America be changed to:, “Venezuela, you gangster country, country of druggies and pushers, Always the cartels growing, And the drugs are flowing…We want to live in America, Carry a shiv in America, Take do not give in America…”?
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (aka Hamlet): since the prime minister of Denmark has repeatedly told President Trump that Greenland (which Denmark controls) is not for sale, might the president refuse to stage a production of what is the most popular play of all time, stating, in his own aphoristic way, “No price for Greenland, no Prince of Denmark”?
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