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‘An Enemy of the People’ Climate Protester Explains Why He Stormed Broadway: ‘As a Movement, You’re Always Playing With What People Think Is Socially Unacceptable’
Nate Smith, a member of Extinction Rebellion, explains why he stormed the Broadway production of 'An Enemy of the People' starring Jeremy Strong.
The buzzy new revival of Henrik Ibsen’s “ An Enemy of the People ” has a pivotal scene that takes place in a town hall meeting, during which a crusading doctor, played by Jeremy Strong, warns his community about a looming public health crisis. Over the weekend, during the play’s press previews, three protesters disrupted the show with passionate pleas about a different impending catastrophe — the climate crisis that is warming the planet. The protest, put on by the group Extinction Rebellion, received a burst of media attention over the weekend, partly because the show’s star-studded cast unwittingly found themselves at the center of the disruption, and also because their message resonated with the environmental theme of Ibsen’s writing.
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