Can you spot the difference?
#BLACKLIVESMATTER VS. #LIONLIVESMATTER PROTESTS: CAN YOU SPOT THE DIFFERENCE?
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‘THE LION KING’ MUSICAL HAS A NEW TITLE, THANKS TO CECIL
From Edmonton and Calgary to New York City; from Las Vegas and San Jose to Melbourne, tickets to the Tony Award-winning musical, ‘The Lion King,’ have been selling out in just the last few days, thanks to the killing by an American dentist of Cecil, the beloved lion of Zimbabwe.
The outrage and outpouring of emotion over Cecil’s death have quickly spread worldwide. The incident has gained much more attention than the killing of unarmed black men by police in America, or the extrajudicial killings happening in many countries with repressive regimes. The incident has produced a new meme and hashtag, ‘LionLivesMatter,’ a take-off from ‘BlackLivesMatter.’
‘The Lion King ‘ is a musical based on the 1994 Disney animated film of the same name with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice along with the musical score created by Hans Zimmer with choral arrangements by Lebo M. Directed by Julie Taymor, the musical features actors in animal costumes as well as giant, hollow puppets.
The musical debuted July 8, 1997, at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the same state in which the killer dentist, Walter Palmer, holds his practice.
Today, the show’s producers announced that they are changing the title of the musical from “The Lion King” to “Cecil The King” in honor of the slain lion.
It wasn’t clear whether the title change was a humanitarian/animal activist decision or a financial decision. Ticket prices have reportedly doubled this past week.
Meanwhile, Palmer, whose whereabouts is currently unknown, has sent out feelers to the producers that he would like to sponsor a return engagement of the musical to Minnesota.
BINAY, ROXAS, UNVEIL PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FREEBIES
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles®) – Now that Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino has all but confirmed he will anoint Interior and Local Governments Secretary Mar Roxas as his choice of successor, the unofficial 2016 political campaign for president is in full swing!
What would a Philippine political campaign be without the usual freebies to entice voters to support the respective party candidates?
Opposition party candidate Vice President Jojo Binay is way ahead of his rival. He has been giving away cell phones to supporters. But he is upping the ante this time around and has switched from a basic Android cell phone to an Apple iPhone (see photo).
Roxas may not have as much money as Binay to be able to afford a matching expensive freebie, but at least he is keeping true to the campaign theme of austerity and “Ituloy And Daang Matuwid” (Continue the Straight Path). So he chose a simple freebie that he hopes will appeal to the greater masses of people — the tsinelas (flip flops).
It wouldn’t cost a whole lot for Roxas to make the tsinelas his campaign give-away. His wife, broadcaster Korina Sanchez, has a huge leftover inventory from a previous campaign promoting her television program, “Rated K”. And it is the perfect color symbolizing Roxas’ Liberal Party: yellow!
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