Remember When Actors Feared Blacklisting For Incorrect Political Views?
That was yesterday.
A famed actress is facing backlash in San Francisco’s Latino
community, after she voiced support for a conservative candidate for
California governor.
Maria Conchita Alonso starred in a campaign ad for Assemblyman Tim
Donnelly of San Bernardino County, a Tea Party favorite who is seeking
the Republican nomination...
...Alonso is an actress of Cuban and Venezuelan descent. She is perhaps
best known for her role in the movie “Moscow on the Hudson” which also
starred Robin Williams.
The actress was to perform next month at the Brava Theater Center in
San Francisco’s Mission District in a Spanish-language version of “The
Vagina Monologues,” scheduled for a run from February 14th through 17th.
The show is being produced by none other than Eliana Lopez, wife of San
Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi.
“We really cannot have her in the show, unfortunately,” Lopez told
KPIX 5. She said Alonso abruptly resigned from the cast on Friday, given
the backlash on the immigration issue.
“Of course she has the right to say whatever she wants. But we’re in
the middle of the Mission. Doing what she is doing is against what we
believe,” Lopez said.
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