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On the same Thursday evening that Vice-President J.D.
This is uncharted territory for us as musicians to be making such an overt political statement onstage.
Exactly who those comedians and colleagues are remains a mystery.
OBrien is not a particularly political comedian.
He tends to value silliness over social satire.
Previous Twain proceedings have included commentary on sitting administrations.
For less famous performers, its more complicated.
But as artists with a smaller audience we have the loudest voice when were onstage.
So I was like, what would it be like to be a little more sneaky about this?
Zimmerman revisedhis setand added some jokes about the changes at the arts institution on the Potomac River.
It is so great to be here at the Kennedy Center while it is still called the Kennedy Center.
Do you know what?
I welcome the change.
This only became the Kennedy Center after Kennedy was …
He let his voice trail off.
So the Donald Trump Center, its got a certain ring to it.
Lets build the Elon Musk Center.
They delivered a spirited version of the Weather Girls Its Raining Men.
Those promised tax cuts and everything will benefit many of the people who give the most for our industry.
Im very well aware of that.
ButIm not singing for those people, Slack adds.
Im singing for whoever wants to come and experience this beautiful art.
Thats part of the reason I felt compelled to wear a protest shirt, she says.
(She wore a tee that read Anti-Trump AF.)
I felt like the only person in the building in a position to do so.
I think a lot of people are just worried, one insider tells me.
This has created such a major business disruption that will, of course, have severe financial implications.
That info comes from an unnamed source and the Center certainly did not provideWaPowith that information.
But we are ready for these artists to come and do their art, this staff member reiterates.
Even more so if its an artist who wants to speak truth to power.
Other comedians are bracing for blowback in the other direction.
Im still assuming it could be canceled, Grace says.
I also feel like if they cancel it, Im going to market the shit out of it.
