A Broadway performer in Disney’s Frozen snatched a giant Trump flag from the audience during a recent curtain call, leading many to sing his praises and some to criticize him.
It’s more than a little ironic that Timothy Hughes plays a troll in the wildly popular production.
When an audience member in the front row (and you know that ticket wasn’t cheap) attempted to troll everyone in the theater by waving a Trump 2020 banner, Hughes, who is openly gay, grabbed it and threw it backstage.
Hughes obtained a video of the moment and shared it on Instagram, along with this message:
How about we take this to the next level?
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What does it say about our country and politics when a man at the show tonight felt the need to protest Disney’s Frozen on Broadway with a pro Trump flag?? How frightening is it that our show’s messages of love, acceptance, and diversity have become the opposition to supporting Trump? The curtain call is a thank you between actors and audience, a final connection to end a shared experience. I will not apologize for how I responded to the disrespectful man trying to interrupt this moment with a pathetic political platform. Not at our show! Not in front of my beautiful, diverse, talented cast at @frozenbroadway. I appreciate everyone’s support. #resist #lovewins #lovetrumpshate
While most people applauded Hughes’ decision to stop this inappropriate disruption, you can be sure the Trump trolls crawled out from their basements to make this argument:
What happened to the liberals wanting inclusion and free speech and the first amendment, Is that only if you are white lefty, minorities or LGBT ?
Hmm… let’s see. The Trump administration has actively worked to damage the lives of LGBTQ people, women and immigrants, all while lining the pockets of the already-wealthy.
Here’s a reminder if there’s any confusion:
To make matters even more absurd, the man reportedly waited outside the theater after the show, threatening to sue if his banner wasn’t returned to him.
He disrupted bows at @FrozenBroadway tonight with a giant Trump 2020 flag in the front row. a cast member snatched the flag. Here he is pouting and threatening to sue if he doesn’t get his flag back. This is a children’s show, people. pic.twitter.com/iQUAtQqsbs
— Joy Rosenthal ????? (@TheBroadwayWiz) September 6, 2018
In another video, you can see how upset he is:
When someone brings a Trump flag to Frozen. You get that shit taken away. And people say Floridians are crazy. #priceless
Posted by Crystal Sotomayor-Ringhofer on Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Scout
Exactly what the viewers think when they watch the Oscars or Tonys and listen to political rants from the performers.
pierscik
I don’t quite follow… What do viewers think when they watch the Oscars..?
And is this what the protester is thinking at the theatre or the actor/s..
Juanjo
That’s a lovely false equivalency you have there, scout.
startenout
Woefully incorrect. Someone accepting an award where the spotlight is on them for the work they’ve done vs. someone who did nothing interrupting our appreciation of others. In fact, it would only be equivalent if one of the cast members had been waving the banner. Y’all don’t even get analogues and logic…which makes complete sense when you think about it.
theafricanwiththemouth
Your comparison is off. Try again though.
Doug
The same Trump supporters who will complain about their free speech rights being taken away are the ones who whine about NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem.
dwes09
Remember, they call the progressives and liberals “snowflakes” because projection is the tactic of the intellectually weak. It would be hard to be more petulant and irritable than the folks on the right!
They think the desire for equal protection under the law as well as access to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all is queer in the original sense of the word.
BGinBigD
AMEN
Invader7
Screw the petulant trumpanzee snowflake. Funny how they start throwing hissy fits and pouting like the Neo-Nazi FASCIST ASSHOLES they truly are when others don’t capitulate to their out of bounds repulsive outbursts. I would have broken burned the banner in the dumpster. The harpies are out of control. And they’re supposed to be the party of “law & order”. Ironic. They’re now the party of the INTOLERANT, LAW BREAKING, CLOSE MINDED CONTROL freaks. Who are in the end losing their unbalanced ,deranged minds. Maybe an asteroid, comet or meteor will fall on trump, pence, mcconnell and ryan and do away with the EVIL turds !!
batesmotel
Chill out.
OzJosh
Holding up massive banners and blocking people’s views is just rude, before. you get to anything else. And politicising what is essentially a children’s show is monumentally insensitive – and clearly practically begging for trouble. There’s an eerie equivalency with the way Nazis introduced swastikas everywhere – from kindergartens to, yes, the theatre.
TomG
Exactly !
Prax07
Not Sorry, but Anyone that can in all honesty say Trump is a good president, a good human being, or supports him in any way should be in a mental hospital at minimum, or shot in the face with a sawed-off shotgun at maximum. I’d prefer the shotgun method for dealing with his delusional supporters.
TomG
I do not support killing others, but Trump and his supporters need to buy an island out in the middle of the Pacific where Donald can be their “savior” and they can kiss his butt all day long.
o.codone
Promoting violence, ” shot in the face with a sawed-off shotgun ” is not only a serious violation of the comments policy, it’s scary and it tells us everything we need to know about you. You’re not welcome here. Queerty should ban you for good.
charlietex
And then to act like an even bigger jerk, he pretended the audience cheering was cheering about him and his stupid banner.
batesmotel
They both acted inappropriately. The guy for waving political propaganda at a show regardless if it was to promote Trump or Clinton. It’s not the place for it. And the dimwit on stage acted inappropriately by snatching it so dramatically.
greybat
No, removing the banner is exactly the correct action to take.
It is improper to disrupt a Theatrical Performance in any way, even if it’s only a Curtain Call.
James
BATES MOTEL GET LOST CREEP. GO BACK TO YOUR STUPID NEO NAZI WEBSITE IDIOT. YOU ARE NOT WANTED HERE.
ingyaom
H0Iy $h!+ – that guy’s hot!
dinard38
Finally someone said it. LOL!!!!!
bluecheck
Boy!!! I hope you’re referring to the actor. ???
dinard38
@bluecheck Me too….hope he was referring to the actor. Haha.
TomG
Trump supporters are just so ignorant that they cannot understand there’s a right place and time for somethings, and a children’s show is NOT one of them. They aren’t called deplorable for nothing !
joeboyle49
GOOD FOR YOU HUGES THAT TRUMP SUPPORTER HAD NO BUSINESS BEING THERE WITH A TRUMP FLAG THATS A CHILDRENS SHOW NOT A POLITICAL RALLY!!
justgeo
The theater belongs to the actors (paid or not paid) the audience is in their home even if the producers are renting the space.
bobbyjoe
He’s lucky Patti Lupone wasn’t in the cast or I suspect that flag would’ve been shoved somewhere else than off-stage.
James
i HOPE THEY THREW OUT THE NEO NAZI GARBAGE TRUMP IDIOT AND BANNED HIM FROM ANY FUTURE SHOWS. THE LOG CABIN CLUB IS EVIL AND GAVE US THESE KIND OF IDIOTS.