Delta & Bank of America drop sponsorship of "Caesar"-play that depicts killing "Trump"

quote:

---

Delta Air Lines said today that it was terminating its four-year-old sponsorship of New York’s Public Theater because a production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in Central Park “crossed the line” of good taste and “doesn’t reflect” the company’s “values.” Bank of America, the presenting sponsor of the Public Theater and an 11-year backer, has also withdrawn its sponsorship of the production. “Bank of America supports art programs worldwide, including an 11-year partnership with The Public Theater and Shakespeare in the Park,” according to a statement given to Deadline by a company spokesperson. “The Public Theater chose to present Julius Caesar in a way that was intended to provoke and offend. Had this intention been made known to us, we would have decided not to sponsor it. We are withdrawing our funding for this production.”

---

quote:

---

Delta, according to the Public Theater, contributes between $100,000 and $499,000 annually to the theater, which developed recent Tony Award winners Hamilton and Fun Home and presented Sweat, a nominee for best play at tonight’s Tony Awards.

---

quote:

---

And as a consumer, I can choose to boycott Trump products, but still his supporters criticize boycotters. I will avoid Delta airlines as well as United now……I will likely avoid US airlines all together.

---

quote:

---

Dictators and their corporate cronies always go to war with artists first, then everyone else.

---