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SÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) – The government of Pernambuco canceled the presentation of the play "The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven" at the Garanhuns Winter Festival, which takes place between 20 and 29/7 because of
In a statement released Saturday (30), the state government said that he decided to cancel the show "in the face of the controversy caused by the attraction and the possibility of loss of strategic and noble partnerships as the "
Throughout the text, the government states that" the Garanhuns Winter Festival was created to unite and spread our expressions cultural and not to divide and stimulate the culture of hate and prejudice. "
Director Nathalia Mallo ranks the ban in the category of censorship and declares that, although she is out of the program official, she intends to present the show in Garanhuns during the festival of Winter, independently. [19659005] "The artistic clbad of Pernambuco, who also campaigns for LGBT causes, intends to open a crowdfunding campaign to raise enough money to introduce us. stop working, "says the director
The play, which recreates the story of Jesus as a transbadual, was also controversial last year when performances were canceled In Jundiaí, Jo Clifford wrote the play as a way of managing her religion when she decided to change bad in 2006 at the age of 56.
Before the official note was published, the show had already been criticized by the mayor of Garanhuns, a local radio station last Friday (29), he said that he would not abandon the spaces of the town hall for staging. [19659007]
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