As Kanye West drops a new album, a new play in Winnipeg shines a harsh light on his antisemitic past

JL;DR SUMMARY Seth Zosky, a devoted Kanye West fan, was dismayed by the rapper's recent antisemitic remarks and collaborated with rapper CJ Capital and Jewish theatre creators Dan Petrenko and Tracey Erin Smith to develop a new play, "Pain to Power: A Kanye West Musical Protest," debuting at the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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