Mike Daisey Audience Protest, Walkout and Attack

You go, Mike. I'm proud to say that we both received our theater degree from the same institution. way to break some boundaries and create REAL ENGAGING theater. this has sparked quite the conversation - which, in my opinion, is the entire reason for art.

Watch how he addresses the audience.. how could you not sympathize with him? Never before has a protest been so counterproductive. Not only did it improve the way the audience viewed this man, but it also caused his show to be seen by, as of right now, 160 thousand other people who may or may not have known about him before this. It also leaves many thinking "is destroying this man's original work the christian thing to do?" And lastly, they paid 87 times the admission cost to do so.
Fail.

To the person who posted that religion and arts don't mix very well. That does indeed seem to be the case. I agree with you. It's also ironic that theater began with a religious impulse. In caves, where early man gathered around the sacred circle around a fire to eat, for protection, and to watch someone re-enact the hunt. In ancient Greece theater began as a way of giving thanks to the gods for the bounty of the harvest. The earliest theaters had an altar! Very strange how things change

What I find so inherently and patently offensive is people like YOU deciding what is worthy of merit and what is not.

Who the hell elected you?

If you do not like the play, book, art, or speech, don't watch, read, view, or listen to it.

The moment you try and decide what I should be watching, reading, listening to, or talking about is the day you become far more insidious than anything Mr. Daisey can say.

From the bottom of my heart I say to you, go FUCK yourself.

I think ill visit they're church and and pour water on the bible.

I still find this video hilarious. The christian group who walked out on Mr. Daisey utterly sabotaged their own protest by paying admission to a show they didn't want to watch. I don't know if they knew about the language that the show contained beforehand or not, but still.
This video could be summarized thusly: A man walks up to another man in the street, shouts obscenities at him, and then hands him $50 and walks away.

Religion and the arts dont mix very well.
The arts require thinking and open mindedness: two activities that threaten Christianity.

I'm christian and I am offended by what these other so called ''christians'' just did to his show. Like Mike said, ''You people should find out what your going to see before you come to a show to see it''. This is what makes christians in general look bad., Or maybe they are all just Paris Hilton fans, lol, like the guy below me just mentioned, lol.

Mike I have to say that I hated that this happened to you. As a Christian myself I know that they acted in completely unchristian ways! To blame you for them not doing their homework before bringing their class to see your performance is completely outrageous. I just can't believe that you didn't smack the guy with the water.

BTW, Etna Maine rules...not.

Because theyre Christians and they are taught to be self righteous and greater than thou. This is not just an opinion, this is coming from an ex childrens pastor, music minister and evangelist. Yep that was me.