Writer cancels over 'Bull Durham' snub
Sportswriter Roger Kahn has cancelled an appearance at baseball's Hall of Fame after the museum scrubbed a 15th anniversary tribute to the film Bull Durham because of the anti-war stance of its stars.
Kahn sent a letter to Hall of Fame president/repug asskisser Dale Petroskey on Thursday to protest the museum's snub of Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon.
"By cancelling the Hall of Fame anniversary celebration of Bull Durham for political reasons, you are, far from supporting our troops, defying the noblest of the American spirit," wrote Kahn, who was to speak there in August about his new book.
"You are choking freedom of dissent. How ironic. In theory, at least, we have been fighting this war to give Iraqis freedom of dissent. But here you, through the great institution you head, have moved to rob Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon and (writer-director) Ron Shelton of that very freedom." - link.
April 12, 2003
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