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In savaging the Israeli military, has a legendary puppet theater finally gone too far?

JL;DR SUMMARY The Bread and Puppet Theater, a well-known anti-war and anti-capitalist troupe based in Vermont, has long focused its narrative on global conflicts, including the Israeli-Palestinian situation. 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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Israeli Palestinian ConflictCriticismTheaterGaza ConflictControversyPerformance ArtBiasNarrativeBread And Puppet TheaterPeter Schumann

Places mentioned

Glover, Vermont, United States
"the 250-acre Bread and Puppet Theater farm in Glover, Vermont"
New York City, New York, United States
"cross-country fall tour of Bread and Puppets Apocalypse Defiance Circus concluded at the Theater for the New City in Manhattans East Village"
Palestinian Territories
"confront the Israeli occupation of the West Bank"
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"resulting from Israeli bombings in Gaza"
Beit Sahour, Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories
"a nine-day puppet workshop in the West Bank town of Beit Sahour"
Ramallah, Ramallah and al-Bireh, Palestinian Territories
"executed by Israelis in Ramallah in 2002"
Israel
"in Israel similarly ignores the impact it has had on suicide bombings."

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