Two theater companies denounce that PP and Vox have censored them in Quintanar de la Orden because “actors appear in underwear”

2023-12-19 18:16:39

Updated Tuesday, December 19, 2023 – 17:16

The producers Los 90 Producen and La Mandanga accuse the councilors of “indoctrination in retrograde concepts.”

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The companies Los 90 Producen and La Mandanga Producciones have used their social networks to denounce the “censorship” suffered by the City Council of Quintanar de la Orden (Toledo), which has decided to withdraw the show How difficult it is from the programming, scheduled for next January 27 through the Castilla-La Mancha Theater Network, alleging that ” actors appear in underwear”.

According to the production companies’ story, collected by the Europa Press agency, the cancellation has been communicated in writing by the councilor of Culture, Mara del Carmen Vallejo, claiming that the appearance of the actors in underwear “could scandalize the public.” The Quintanar de la Orden City Council is led by the PP with the support of three Vox councilors, who broke the tie between Popular and PSOE.

As they argue, the play takes place in a dressing room while the characters are changing. “Obviously, they appear in underwear. If the play took place in an arena, they would be dressed in lights. And you have to have very little insight to censor something that has not been seen. Our show has been performed before more than 3,000 spectators with audiences of all types, including school groups, as it deals with current and profound topics such as bullying, suicide or sexual diversity,” they add in their testimony. “We have never received a complaint and “We have no evidence that anyone was scandalized.”

This veto “represents an attack against culture, a mechanism for a ruler to prevent others from seeing what bothers her or he just doesn’t like itwhich uses public money, from everyone, to carry out a work of authentic indoctrination in concepts that are not valued, retrograde and expired.

“No one today can be shocked by seeing someone in underwear or a swimsuit. It is a mere excuse to prevent the freedom of expression that guides the work. This cancellation also represents an insult to the residents of Quintanar de la Orden, since the money with which our show was going to be paid for came from a subsidy from the Community Board of Castilla-La Mancha, and it has not been possible. assign to any other action,” they lament.