Recently, it has been confirmed that John Lithgow plays Albus Dumbledore in the next Harry Potter.
Now, he attacked President Donald Trump’s second mandate, calling him a “pure disaster” for the arts in the United States after winning the Olivier award for his role as Roald Dahl in the work Giant.
During his acceptance speech, he said: “Our administration has done some impressive and destructive things, but the one that afflicts me is taking care of the Kennedy center.”
He continued: “Deborah Rutter was fired from his position as president, although she had already resigned and had [several] Months to go. She is a very good friend of mine. “
“We co -challenged a commission on the arts and we spent three years discovering the state of the arts in the United States [was] in crisis. Well, now it’s really in crisis. First was the Coronavirus, now this is, “said the actor.
John also said that the situation of the arts in the United States at this time is a “pure, really discouraging disaster.”
But it also included a tone of optimism. “It gives us all something to fight and I think the arts are animated by that. At this time, everyone is in shock,” he concluded, adding: “The bad times create a good art.”
