Trump as Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
 

Just when I had stopped missing NYC I had to be reminded of Shakespeare in the Park: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/t...p.html?mcubz=2

"Who is it in the press that calls on me?"

Had Shakespeare written a tragedy about Benito Mussolini, I'd more readily see Trump filling those shoes. Caesar obviously did more than just end the republic.
Make America great again!, as the saying goes.

I don't know how anyone in their right mind could equate Trump with Shakespeare's Caesar (let alone the actual Caesar). Trump is in no way a tragic figure, whereas Julius Caesar's characterization portrays him as a victim -- someone who was adored by almost all of the people, but was feared by senators who wanted to cling to (and most assuredly abuse) power. I recognize that there's a fine line between an "interpretation" of a work and a "misreading," but this production sounds uncomfortably close to the latter, in my view...

Yes, the reviewer acknowledges, I think, that, after the catharsis of seeing Trump/Caesar assassinated, the production loses relevance.

Next, I suppose, the Republicans will try to shut down a production of The Caine Mutiny.

I do think it was a bit much, however, when they changed Caesar's last words to "Et tu, Jared?"