To stage, or not to stage? Rights groups blast plan to take Hamlet to North Korea

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http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1446733/rights-groups-criticise-planned-staging-hamlet-pyongyang
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/12/world/asia/hamlet-north-korea/

The Globe theatre plans to stage Hamlet in North Korea, but human rights groups claim the globe should understand NK's 'reality'.

What are your thoughts??

IMO it's really wrong to mix art with politics...

[Typhlosion]

I wonder if it's going to feature Kim himself...

On a serious note, The Globe Theatre made a bold move. An attempt to open such countries to western culture may be a good thing, maybe ending up of a greater acceptance on North Korea's part to the west? Either way, if diplomacy will be made, we must have some route of information open. If The Globe Theater's doing sparks interest to other art groups, than this is good news. Plus, if N.K. capture them then foreign action will finally be justifiable as a defensive posture.