Tad Simons from MSPmag points out that Strib columnist Katherine Kersten has taken issue with the Guthrie for showcasing Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, calling him “one of the nation’s foremost peddlers” of hate speech. What the cause of this? A piece in the Nation, authored by Kushner in 1998, in response to the Matthew Shepard murder.
Simons doesn’t have much patience for Kersten: In paraphrasing Kushner, Kersten stripped away all the essay’s nuance and logic, leaving nothing but the raw viscera of Kushner’s anger—and she did this because her objective was to portray Kushner as an unreasonable, hysterical bigot.
Latest comment — cubbie: Cubbie have you ever read anything Kushner has ever written or produced? sure. my comments were regarding his piece in The Nation. whi...