NYC-funded puppet show turns into Israel bashing hatefest: ‘Came out of nowhere’
A Jewish mother who took her 4-year-old son to what she thought would be a family-friendly puppet show in Lower Manhattan earlier this month was horrified when the performance morphed into an Israel-bashing disgrace, she told The Post. “The Cardboard Pizza Puppet Circus,” a show created and performed by puppet troupe the Boxcutter Collective that the ensemble describes as “a celebration of” New York City, was featured at this year’s International Puppet Fringe Festival, a multi-day celebration sponsored in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts. The Cardboard Pizza Puppet Circus performs during the International Puppet Fringe Festival, sponsored in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts. Instagram / Judie Eisenberg “Featuring dancing skyscrapers, giant rats, fossil-fuel-fighting flowers, a live brass band, and Lady Liberty herself,” the show’s description reads. But 15 minutes into the Aug. 13 performance, the show shifted from covering New York-centric topics into controversial political positions against the Jewish state, said the Brooklyn mom, 43, who declined to be named. Israel says Netherlands must leave Gaza coordination center due to Dutch government’s trade restrictions
