Shakespeare in the Headlines: Public, Sponsors Clash Over Trump-Like Julius Caesar

A cascade of tweets, news stories and opinion pieces

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On The New Yorker website Monday, staff writer Rebecca Mead chimed in with In Defense of the Trumpian ‘Julius Ceasar’.” On the other coast, the headline for Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik’s latest reads, Cowardly Delta Air and BofA Bail on Shakespeare, Showing the Folly of Corporate Sponsorhip of Art.” (Hiltzik can add American Express to his dishonor roll.)

It’s media bedlam on all sides, starting with some right-leaning fomenters stirring things up over the weekend on social media, framing the decision by Delta and Bank of America to sever their apportioned sponsorship of the Julius Caesar production.

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