Debate Over Censorship of the Arts
They’re at it again. The Catholic couple who got their names in the papers by objecting to a pro-National Endowment for the Arts flyer issued by the South Coast Repertory Co. have managed to get still more media attention.
These people, who believe that they should decide what the rest of us may see and read, now want the Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse production of “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You” closed because it pokes fun at their religion. They want to extend the mind control of their chosen faith to people who are of other faiths or who prefer to follow no faith.
Where will it all end? Hopefully, it will end now. The Costa Mesa City Council will soon reveal whether its community is truly a center for the arts or merely a small town posing as one.
MICHAEL SHERE
Pasadena
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