Into the Woods (Terry Gilliam Dir.) - Theatre Royal Bath

He was a heavy influence for me tbh because I think he had potential to give a really interesting visual production.

Ditto - I booked in spite of Gilliam, as I've not enjoyed any of his opera productions that I've seen.

I think it's a case of "verba volant, scripta manent" and his Loretta interview with the Independent, rather than anything he was supposed to have done.

Rather unfair on Leah Hausman.

In the future, either nobody will give interviews or, if they do, they'll be like the "no comment" police interviews we see on TV.

A working environment that exploits that willingness - or resignation/desperation/fear - is still, presumably, under the control of an individual, or individuals, that allows it to happen. The agency is not in the hands of those he might describe as willing.

TG acknowledges that society has moved on "when offense becomes so easy, it takes the fun out of offending” - he doesn't seem to understand why the old material worked and why it doesn't work now.

Baz did suggest that was the reason, but that article was from January 2020, so I don't think The Old Vic have suddenly taken exception to that now. If it is because of Terry Gilliam, I imagine they've had a more recent direct dispute.

You didn’t read the article huh?

Yes I read the article. Poor quality reply by your standards.

Whilst I find his opinions contrary to my own, I still believe in free speech. What he says doesn't constitute hate speech, and for all his blather and opinions, many of which I disagree with fundamentally as a libertarian, the right to free speech trumps all, as long as it remains legal and not incitement or worse.

The metoo movement was made to clean up abuse of power, not sanitise or silence people's opinions we may disagree with. By demonising people it is achieving the opposite goal, of creating a situation where anybody speaking contrary to the social politics of the day becomes persona non grata.

Forgive me, but to my recollection Mr B hasn’t ever condoned sexual misconduct in his posts. Having an unfortunate tone on occasion, perhaps. I don’t think that’s a fair comparison.

But will Terry Gilliam really suffer any consequences? He's 80 years of age and, with this one exception, probably has no other ambitions left to fulfil. When he shuffles off this mortal coil, it wouldn't have been his Into The Woods that all the obituaries focus on.

It's everyone else who will suffer the consequences, almost as collateral damage. That doesn't seem right.