I would expect this from the people we are voting against, but not from the people who should be on our side.

That got me thinking, what demographic actually goes to live theatre events these days? I doubt there are a lot of young people, though.

Why? I used to go much more often as a student (with student prices) than now..

I just can't imagine it. Also I don't remember knowing a single person younger than my parents that have ever mentioned going to live theatre.

Maybe he was that good of an actor? I remember reading that Jack Gleeson got death threats because his character, Joffrey, was just so hateable in Game of Thrones.

Theater is niche, but I wouldn't say is for old people. Again in general students pay less and even get free tickets at universities often. At least when I was one. Paying a full ticket as a grown up is much harder 😅

Don't know how old your parents are but me and several people I know are around their thirties and doing this several times a year ¯_(ツ)_/¯

For people curious about the play, the original cast/company does often international performances, it's the biggest Portuguese theater success in decades. They'll be in September at the National Theater in London.

Koležnik said her intention with the production had not been to make “liberal, petit bourgeois society in Europe feel good” around a consensus of condemning intolerance, but to leave them scared. “The next wave of fascism, there will not be monsters. There will be normal, nice people,” she said.

But that's one of the oft overlooked aspects of fascism: it is done by the normal, nice people. It's done by people who are crushed, hurt, afraid, and trying to survive. They're told they can be powerful and hurt those hurting them. They're given the go-ahead to pick an "other" to attack. They're given a feeling of control by a uniform and a stick. A little power. Nothing real, just enough to attack a neighbor who is new or different in some way. It doesn't matter who the fascist leaders pick, they'll just go after whomever is convenient in the moment and it turns at least some of us against each other.

The rank and file of the SS were normal shopkeepers, workers, and common people who wanted to end the pain caused by dictatorship, rulers, and wealth hoarding in the world. The very people hoarding the wealth and causing the pain turn it into fascism to build their own power by turning the common people against each other.

Well, let's just say you are younger than me :D

Sometimes your tolerance for hearing something becomes saturated. When this occurs, it no longer matters what context you might be hearing it in again, you will dislike hearing it regardless of the context.

Not to excuse the audience or anything, they should know better. They could have just walked out if they were unhappy. It's a little disingenuous to call their reaction stupidity though, I'm pretty sure they do recognize fiction from reality. They probably just weren't willing to hear that speech, delivered in a fictional or any other context.

Personally I've encountered this with film before. The movie Django Unchained had enough casual, laid back racism in its plot and dialogue, that I just got fed up and quit watching. I wasn't enjoying myself, so what's the point? It's almost worse when it's casual too, I'd rather watch something like Schindler's List where it gets more gravity.

Not sure what your point is but when I was in high school, I saw a lot of theater productions with my class. Not local or amateur productions but professional ones on national tours. And also a lot of contemporary an thought provoking plays.

Would you call someone stupid for throwing their remote at the TV because they got mad at something an actor said? I would.

And I'd say that's nowhere near as stupid as attacking a real human being for the same.

They're stupid. The only people you could possibly argue aren't are the ones who just booed.

throwing their remote at the TV because they got mad at something an actor said

Guess what. The actor wouldn't notice in your example. Which makes your whole analogy pointless.

Guess what. Both are examples of people getting violent because of a character in media they chose to consume. Which makes your whole comment pointless

You wrote that like it was some kind of gotcha but it really just makes you seem like the type of person who yells at their TV

Honestly, no I wouldn't automatically call that person stupid. I'd think they had trouble regulating their emotions, but would not judge their overall intelligence based on just that. There are many things that can lead to inability to handle anger in a healthy way, that have nothing to do with intelligence.