[SML] CPAC Stage Design

[Jacob Blumberg]

Couple of problems with your theory:
1. CPAC was shown numerous stage options and this is the one they picked.

2. Symbolism is found where it can be connected. If this stage was at
Disney and Mickey Mouse was standing on it people would not say, “Why is
Mickey Mouse standing on a nazi symbol.” I.e don’t act like Nazis and
people won’t connect them to you.

3. Your comment seems to suggest entrapment. A quick look at Design
Foundry’s website shows clients like MSNBC, Mandela 100 years gala, The
Atlantic, Target, Google, etc. It’s not a secret they are liberal.

4. Even if there was malicious intent which again highly speculative and
only the designer truly knows.  The people that CPAC represents has
consistently screwed the entertainment industry for over a year now which
brings up a whole don’t bite the hand that feeds you type thing. You
wouldn’t punch your boss in the face and then ask for a recommendation
letter.

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 21:01 Joe via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
wrote:

> A new ethical issue has now come to the forefront of the CPAC stage
> design.  The design firm who created the design for the stage has come
> forth, and said they “had no idea that the design resembled any symbol,
> nor was there any intention to create something that did.”  They said the
> design was, "intended to provide the best use of space, given the
> constraints of the ballroom and social distancing requirements."
>
> Note that if you look at its political donations, Design Foundry would
> seem to be against the values of the CPAP organization. The possibility
> that the design firm deliberately snuck in the symbol as a political
> statement has to be considered.   If true, the message that Design
> Foundry may have tried to convey is uncertain.  They may have wanted to say
> the CPAP organization is  a Nazi group, or because of CPAP's regular
> hosting of Jewish speakers, that they wanted the stage design to say that
> Nazi philosophy will eventually dominate over the Jews. Art can be vague
> that way. But regardless of any intended message, it is CPAP that is taking
> the heat.
>
> If it can be shown to be that this stage design was not as innocent as
> claimed, I imagine there may be serious compensation due to CPAP. Not just
> for the design work, but for the cost of countering the message that Design
> Foundry may have used the event to convey.
>
>
> -Joe
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