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Publisher Kosner backs what Simon says By PATRICIA O'HAIRE priate to your position as head of Actors Equity." Daily News Staff Writer "You and Actors Equity are free to attack Simon's position in this regard, to urge others to critTHE CONTROVERSY OVER DRAMA CRIT- icize him or to suggest that he be shunned in the T ic "The John Winter's Simon's Tale" review at of the the Public production Theater of American marketplace way. of But ideas," it is he quite continued. another thing "That's to call the just won't go away. Simon's review contained sev- for his dismissal over an esthetic issue on which eral statements that such people as Joseph Papp, thoughtful people may legitimately disagree. head of the New York Shakespeare Festival John's view may be unpopular, but he does have (which produces all shows at the Public), and ac- the right to express it in a appropriate terms." tress Colleen Dewhurst, president of Actors Equi- In addressing the charges of. racism and antity, found racist and anti-Semitic. Dewhurst went so Semitism, Kosner writes that Simon was "identifyfar as to send a letter to Edward Kosner, editor ing stereotypes" and, in an underlined phrase, was and publisher of New York magazine, where Si- "commenting on the relationship of these performon is theater critic, asking for his dismissal. mances to the stereotypes." In a letter replying to Dewhurst's charges, "There is no place for anti-Semitism, racism or Kosner (who was in Mexico when the flap devel- anti-homosexual attitudes in New York magazine, oped), terms her call for firing Simon not "appro- and you won't find any there," he concludes.
Article from 10 Apr 1989Daily News(New York, NY)
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