One of the many reasons I’ll never support the government funding the arts is because it doesn’t guarantee that we’ll get more art to enjoy. Instead, it guarantees that we’ll get more art that’s so bad it wouldn’t exist without government funding.
Here’s a sampling of the crazy things the National Endowment for the Arts funds with your tax dollars: $10,000 for a play about two anti-gun lesbians, $35,000 for “affordable housing and sustainable communities for San Francisco artists,” $6,000 to finance research that looks into the lives of pets in Victorian England, $95,000 to adapt Shakespeare without words, and of course, $20,000 for the infamous “Piss Christ.”
But none of that compares to what they’re blowing money on during the Trump years – and it’s no wonder the President wants to abolish the agency altogether.
The National Endowment for the Arts is spending $20,000 for a musical about a lesbian illegal immigrant who is in love with an ICE agent.
The San Francisco Mime Troupe, a self-described socialist theater group, received the funding in the first round of grants awarded under the Trump administration. Jane Chu is the current chairman of the NEA, who was appointed by former president Barack Obama in 2014.
The musical is entitled “WALLS!” and stars a “bad hombre,” mocking a phrase used by Trump to describe criminal illegal aliens during a presidential debate.
The musical does not only address issues of immigration, but a host of other liberal and political topics.
“Using the Mime Troupe’s signature style of broad, physical theater, the work will explore immigration, gun violence, the opioid epidemic, depression, the public education system, and racial tensions, and how they relate to societal health,” according to the grant for the project. “Portions of the work will be developed through playmaking workshops in California’s Central Valley with low-income youth, inmates, and migrant workers.”
The lead character is Zaniyah, a criminal illegal alien and lesbian struggling with mental health issues.
H/T: The Washington Free Beacon
You can watch a trailer for this disasterpiece below:
I can’t say it’s anything I’d spend my money to see, and I imagine most people feel that way. It wouldn’t have needed government funding if there was a market for it.
Alas, we ARE paying for it, and that’s outrageous.
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