I Wonder Why That Is …

When plans to produce My Name Is Rachel Corrie, a play based on the journal entries of an American girl murdered by the IDF for her pro-Palestinian activism, were canceled in New York City this year, in the U.S. we only read about it in The Nation. When plans to put on Idomeneo, a Mozart opera, in Germany were recently canceled to placate Muslim sensibilities -- the original has nothing to do with Muslims, or Mohammed, but the "post-modern" version that was being planned featured a scene involving the Prophet's severed head being brought out onto the stage -- we read about it ... everywhere. Go figure...