ACTORS QUIT “FERGUSON” PLAY DAYS BEFORE OPENING Because They Want Media’s Bogus “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” Version To Replace Actual Court Transcripts These are people who claim to love diversity, and they don t love diversity   they just want people to agree with them.     Ferguson playwright Phelim McAleerVeteran actor Philip Casnoff hadn t read the full script yet when he arrived for the first rehearsal of  Ferguson,  a play chronicling the shooting of Michael Brown by a Missouri police officer.Casnoff thought he knew what the play, set for a four-day staged reading starting Sunday at the Odyssey Theater, would be about: the wilderness of testimony the grand jury navigated while investigating the day Officer Darren Wilson fatally shot the unarmed 18-year-old. Casnoff presumed a variety of viewpoints, the fog of truth.Then he read the script, which tells the story that Brown didn t have his hands up and that he charged at Wilson.Now, in a case of art imitating life, the play is experiencing the kind of ill will and mistrust that erupted from the city it attempts to portray. Part of the 13-member cast is in revolt   Casnoff and four others have quit   as the playwright and actors are locked in a fundamental disagreement over how to tell the story of Brown s death.Though the grand jury declined to indict Wilson after some witnesses and physical evidence supported his account of events, the tone of the play shocked some actors. It felt like the purpose of the piece was to show,  Of course he was not indicted   here s why,'  Casnoff said. He said that after he learned who the play s author was, Casnoff, who describes himself as  very liberal, left-wing-leaning,  thought,  Whoa, this is not the place for me to be. Through testimony taken from grand jury transcripts, the play ends with a witness telling a prosecutor that Wilson was justified in killing Brown. The audience is then supposed to vote on whether Wilson should have been indicted.The cast members who quit questioned the motivations of the playwright, Phelim McAleer.McAleer, a conservative filmmaker and journalist from Ireland now living in Marina del Rey, said he s just interested in the truth. The truth is the truth. If it doesn t fit in with their beliefs, they need to change their beliefs,  said McAleer, who declined to say whether Wilson should have been indicted but said his research shows the hands-up claim is bogus.  All the people who testified that he had his hands up, it was pretty much demolished in grand jury testimony. If the rest of the decidedly more liberal cast resigns   some actors are leaning that way   McAleer said he ll find a new cast. He also hopes to put the show on YouTube and bring the production to Ferguson itself. There s got to be some actors in L.A. who aren t scared of controversy,  he said.During the  Ferguson  rehearsal, the performers balked after realizing the only witness in McAleer s play who says Brown had his hands up is immediately discredited by an FBI agent.(Although some witnesses told investigators that Brown had his hands up, a Department of Justice report said many of those witnesses  accounts were recanted, debunked or inconsistent with physical evidence.)McAleer s play also ends with a damning exchange between a witness and prosecutor. Do you feel like this could have ended up any other way?  the prosecutor asks. Yeah, it could have, if Michael Brown had just stopped running  toward Wilson, says the witness, who is identified as Witness 48 in the grand jury transcripts, but who is given a pseudonym in the play and cast with a young black actress.  It could have ended another way. The officer had no other choice. No other choice, in other words, but to shoot Brown.After those lines were read by actors Deborah Puette and Sydney A. Mason, a kind of awkward quiet fell over the cast members, whose bodies had been bent like question marks as they stared down at their scripts in a rehearsal space near Culver City.The cast questioned the balance of the 55-page script, and even debated the justification for the shooting. Why not shoot him in the leg?  asked one actress, Donzaleigh Abernathy, cast to play a witness, her voice booming through the small, windowless space. He didn t have time!  responded a younger actor, also playing a witness.Several members requested changes to the script that would include adding another account more sympathetic to Brown to balance out the final witness  dramatic testimony. McAleer has rejected those requests, spurring some of the actors  departures. He claims that he wrote this to try to get to the truth of it, but everybody s truth is totally subjective,  said Veralyn Jones, an African American cast member who resigned.  When you come to the matter of what really happened, nobody really knows for sure, because everybody has a different take on it.   It just didn t feel right to me. One of the script s most heated critics has been Abernathy, who is the daughter of civil rights movement leader Ralph David Abernathy, who was with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. when he died. Abernathy, who is black, has not decided to leave the cast yet   at least not before she has the chance to meet McAleer at a cast meeting scheduled for Thursday night. I want to hear what he has to say face to face. I actually want to know, on a moral level, how can you do something like this that you know will divide America?  Abernathy asked.  Does it make you feel good? Obviously he has a personal agenda. What is his personal agenda? McAleer was unapologetic, and waved away criticism. These are people who claim to love diversity, and they don t love diversity   they just want people to agree with them,  he said.So with or without his cast, McAleer said, the show will go on.Via: LA Timespolitics
actors quit ferguson play days before opening because they want media bogus hands up don shoot version to replace actual court transcripts these people claim love diversity love diversity want people agree ferguson playwright prelim mcaleerveteran actor philip casnoff read full script yet arrived first rehearsal ferguson play chronicling shooting michael brown missouri police thought knew play set staged reading starting sunday odyssey theater would wilderness testimony grand jury navigate investigating day officer darren wilson fatally shot unarmed casnoff presumed variety viewpoints fog read script tells story brown hands charged case art imitating life play experiencing kind ill mistrust erupted city attempts portray part cast revolt casnoff four others quit playwright actors locked fundamental disagreement tell story brown grand jury declined indica wilson witnesses physical evidence supported account events tone play shocked actors it felt like purpose piece show of course indicted casnoff said he said learned play author casnoff describes liberal thought who place through testimony taken grand jury transcripts play ends witness telling prosecutor wilson justified killing brown the audience supposed vote whether wilson cast members quit questioned motivations playwright prelim conservative filmmaker journalist ireland living marina del rey said interested truth the truth truth if fit beliefs need change beliefs said career declined say whether wilson indicted said research shows claim bogus all people testified hands pretty much demolished grand jury testimony if rest decidedly liberal cast resigns actors leaning way career said find new cast he also hopes put show youtube bring production ferguson there got actors scared controversy ferguson rehearsal performers backed realizing witness career play says brown hands immediately discredited fbi agent although witnesses told investigators brown hands department justice report said many witnesses accounts related debunked inconsistent physical evidence career play also ends damning exchange witness prosecutor do feel like could ended way prosecutor asks yeah could michael brown stopped running toward wilson says witness identified witness grand jury transcripts given pseudonym play cast young black actress it could ended another way the officer choice no choice words shoot lines read actors deborah pretty sydney mason kind awkward quiet fell cast members whose bodies bent like question marks started scripts rehearsal space near cover cast questioned balance script even debated justification shooting why shoot leg asked one actress donzaleigh abernathy cast play witness voice booming small windowless space he time responded younger actor also playing members requested changes script would include adding another account sympathetic brown balance final witness dramatic testimony career rejected requests sparring actors departures he claims wrote try get truth everybody truth totally subjective said veralyn jones african american cast member resigned when come matter really happened nobody really knows sure everybody different take it feel right one script heated critics abernathy daughter civil rights movement leader ralph david abernathy rev martin luther king died abernathy black decided leave cast yet least chance meet career cast meeting scheduled thursday night i want hear say face face i actually want know moral level something like know divide america abernathy asked does make feel good obviously personal agenda what personal agenda career unapologetic waved away criticism these people claim love diversity love diversity want people agree without cast career said show go la timespolitics
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: ACTORS QUIT “FERGUSON” PLAY DAYS BEFORE OPENING Because They Want Media’s Bogus “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” Version To Replace Actual Court Transcripts These are people who claim to love diversity, and they don t love diversity   they just want people to agree with them.     Ferguson playwright Phelim McAleerVeteran actor Philip Casnoff hadn t read the full script yet when he arrived for the first rehearsal of  Ferguson,  a play chronicling the shooting of Michael Brown by a Missouri police officer.Casnoff thought he knew what the play, set for a four-day staged reading starting Sunday at the Odyssey Theater, would be about: the wilderness of testimony the grand jury navigated while investigating the day Officer Darren Wilson fatally shot the unarmed 18-year-old. Casnoff presumed a variety of viewpoints, the fog of truth.Then he read the script, which tells the story that Brown didn t have his hands up and that he charged at Wilson.Now, in a case of art imitating life, the play is experiencing the kind of ill will and mistrust that erupted from the city it attempts to portray. Part of the 13-member cast is in revolt   Casnoff and four others have quit   as the playwright and actors are locked in a fundamental disagreement over how to tell the story of Brown s death.Though the grand jury declined to indict Wilson after some witnesses and physical evidence supported his account of events, the tone of the play shocked some actors. It felt like the purpose of the piece was to show,  Of course he was not indicted   here s why,'  Casnoff said. He said that after he learned who the play s author was, Casnoff, who describes himself as  very liberal, left-wing-leaning,  thought,  Whoa, this is not the place for me to be. Through testimony taken from grand jury transcripts, the play ends with a witness telling a prosecutor that Wilson was justified in killing Brown. The audience is then supposed to vote on whether Wilson should have been indicted.The cast members who quit questioned the motivations of the playwright, Phelim McAleer.McAleer, a conservative filmmaker and journalist from Ireland now living in Marina del Rey, said he s just interested in the truth. The truth is the truth. If it doesn t fit in with their beliefs, they need to change their beliefs,  said McAleer, who declined to say whether Wilson should have been indicted but said his research shows the hands-up claim is bogus.  All the people who testified that he had his hands up, it was pretty much demolished in grand jury testimony. If the rest of the decidedly more liberal cast resigns   some actors are leaning that way   McAleer said he ll find a new cast. He also hopes to put the show on YouTube and bring the production to Ferguson itself. There s got to be some actors in L.A. who aren t scared of controversy,  he said.During the  Ferguson  rehearsal, the performers balked after realizing the only witness in McAleer s play who says Brown had his hands up is immediately discredited by an FBI agent.(Although some witnesses told investigators that Brown had his hands up, a Department of Justice report said many of those witnesses  accounts were recanted, debunked or inconsistent with physical evidence.)McAleer s play also ends with a damning exchange between a witness and prosecutor. Do you feel like this could have ended up any other way?  the prosecutor asks. Yeah, it could have, if Michael Brown had just stopped running  toward Wilson, says the witness, who is identified as Witness 48 in the grand jury transcripts, but who is given a pseudonym in the play and cast with a young black actress.  It could have ended another way. The officer had no other choice. No other choice, in other words, but to shoot Brown.After those lines were read by actors Deborah Puette and Sydney A. Mason, a kind of awkward quiet fell over the cast members, whose bodies had been bent like question marks as they stared down at their scripts in a rehearsal space near Culver City.The cast questioned the balance of the 55-page script, and even debated the justification for the shooting. Why not shoot him in the leg?  asked one actress, Donzaleigh Abernathy, cast to play a witness, her voice booming through the small, windowless space. He didn t have time!  responded a younger actor, also playing a witness.Several members requested changes to the script that would include adding another account more sympathetic to Brown to balance out the final witness  dramatic testimony. McAleer has rejected those requests, spurring some of the actors  departures. He claims that he wrote this to try to get to the truth of it, but everybody s truth is totally subjective,  said Veralyn Jones, an African American cast member who resigned.  When you come to the matter of what really happened, nobody really knows for sure, because everybody has a different take on it.   It just didn t feel right to me. One of the script s most heated critics has been Abernathy, who is the daughter of civil rights movement leader Ralph David Abernathy, who was with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. when he died. Abernathy, who is black, has not decided to leave the cast yet   at least not before she has the chance to meet McAleer at a cast meeting scheduled for Thursday night. I want to hear what he has to say face to face. I actually want to know, on a moral level, how can you do something like this that you know will divide America?  Abernathy asked.  Does it make you feel good? Obviously he has a personal agenda. What is his personal agenda? McAleer was unapologetic, and waved away criticism. These are people who claim to love diversity, and they don t love diversity   they just want people to agree with them,  he said.So with or without his cast, McAleer said, the show will go on.Via: LA Timespolitics
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: actors quit ferguson play days before opening because they want media bogus hands up don shoot version to replace actual court transcripts these people claim love diversity love diversity want people agree ferguson playwright prelim mcaleerveteran actor philip casnoff read full script yet arrived first rehearsal ferguson play chronicling shooting michael brown missouri police thought knew play set staged reading starting sunday odyssey theater would wilderness testimony grand jury navigate investigating day officer darren wilson fatally shot unarmed casnoff presumed variety viewpoints fog read script tells story brown hands charged case art imitating life play experiencing kind ill mistrust erupted city attempts portray part cast revolt casnoff four others quit playwright actors locked fundamental disagreement tell story brown grand jury declined indica wilson witnesses physical evidence supported account events tone play shocked actors it felt like purpose piece show of course indicted casnoff said he said learned play author casnoff describes liberal thought who place through testimony taken grand jury transcripts play ends witness telling prosecutor wilson justified killing brown the audience supposed vote whether wilson cast members quit questioned motivations playwright prelim conservative filmmaker journalist ireland living marina del rey said interested truth the truth truth if fit beliefs need change beliefs said career declined say whether wilson indicted said research shows claim bogus all people testified hands pretty much demolished grand jury testimony if rest decidedly liberal cast resigns actors leaning way career said find new cast he also hopes put show youtube bring production ferguson there got actors scared controversy ferguson rehearsal performers backed realizing witness career play says brown hands immediately discredited fbi agent although witnesses told investigators brown hands department justice report said many witnesses accounts related debunked inconsistent physical evidence career play also ends damning exchange witness prosecutor do feel like could ended way prosecutor asks yeah could michael brown stopped running toward wilson says witness identified witness grand jury transcripts given pseudonym play cast young black actress it could ended another way the officer choice no choice words shoot lines read actors deborah pretty sydney mason kind awkward quiet fell cast members whose bodies bent like question marks started scripts rehearsal space near cover cast questioned balance script even debated justification shooting why shoot leg asked one actress donzaleigh abernathy cast play witness voice booming small windowless space he time responded younger actor also playing members requested changes script would include adding another account sympathetic brown balance final witness dramatic testimony career rejected requests sparring actors departures he claims wrote try get truth everybody truth totally subjective said veralyn jones african american cast member resigned when come matter really happened nobody really knows sure everybody different take it feel right one script heated critics abernathy daughter civil rights movement leader ralph david abernathy rev martin luther king died abernathy black decided leave cast yet least chance meet career cast meeting scheduled thursday night i want hear say face face i actually want know moral level something like know divide america abernathy asked does make feel good obviously personal agenda what personal agenda career unapologetic waved away criticism these people claim love diversity love diversity want people agree without cast career said show go la timespolitics