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Renowned US stage director supports Hungarian FreeSZFE initiative
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National Theatre director Attila Vidnyánszky said on Saturday that he was ready for a dialogue with renowned US stage director Robert Wilson who had published a letter and offered half of his artist fee received from Hungary’s MITEM Festival to the FreeSZFE initiative.
A stage production by Wilson is included in the international theatre festival’s programme but Wilson had cancelled his personal attendance at the event citing health issues.
Vidnyánszky, who is the director of the MITEM Festival and also heads the new supervisory board appointed at the SZFE Budapest University of Theatre and Film Arts by the government, said that Wilson’s statement was also an indication that they shared an interest in issues of public life and society. The diversity of opinions is crucial for discussing such issues and the publication of Wilson’s letter is also proof that he is free to express his opinion in Hungary, Vidnyánszky said.
He said at the same time, that Wilson’s letter showed that he had been informed in a one-sided way. Vidnyánszky added that he was ready for a dialogue with the renowned US director.
Another holyweed “celebrity” sticking it nose into something it knows nothing about. In woke culture America, you will not be employed by the entertainment industry or academia unless you are a far-left, liberal, LGBTQ.