December 16th, 2011

Right-wing playwright accuses Budapest mayor of giving in to pressure from George Soros

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Mayor István Tarlós has asked theatre manager designate György Dörner not to employ writer István Csurka as artistic adviser at the Új Színház because the mayor “has been threatened by the people of billionaire philanthropist George Soros”, Csurka claims in a long statement he issued on Thursday.

Csurka said Soros “remains a big power in Hungary; threatening, terrorising, speculating and deciding people’s fates on issues affecting press freedom and censorship.”

Csurka said he had never intended to become intendant at the theatre, as his appointment is only symbolic, adding that he only wants to be present in the theatre “through his thoughts and experience, by practically floating above the water”.

Tarlós said in a terse statement that he respects Csurka as a playwright but that his statement is incomprehensible. “He clearly does not understand what this is all about,” Tarlós wrote.

Dörner responded by saying he had not thought of employing Csurka as he had also considered the far-right playwright’s role as merely an intellectual presence.

“The fact that I am depicted as a devil is a sordid thing, and the fact that they speak of a Nazi, Arrow Cross and fascist theatre, is a shameful slander,” Dörner added.

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  • wolfi

    Csurka “floating above the water” – wow, I thought only Jesus could do that …

    Maybe that’s why leto was so proud about Csurka’s appointment …

    • Leto

      Bloody unwelcome foreigner:

      1/ Csurka was not appointed by anyone to any post. György Dörner was, as a director. He said he’d employ Csurka. (And now he was told by his boss not to do so.)
      2/ I wasn’t proud about whatever. Csurka is a complete idiot politically as far as daily politics goes. Though he, often enough, does hit the nail on the head in his political analyses. He’s a very controversial figure.

      • Leto

        Ah, yes, Csurka is a great playwright indeed and I hope Dörner’s theatre will be a great success.

        • spectator

          Hmm.
          “Csurka is a great playwright indeed”

          Csurka WAS great, doubtless, but when was it last time?

          Otherwise I’m sure, the success will be just as great as any of the reality-shows or those “mulatós” programs, just as the intellectual level of the audience allows/demands it. The great public probably will be the same as of the other “cultural events”, like soccer in the Felcsut-stadium or listening to Mr.Orban on different gatherings…

          Will be a great success, indeed, no doubt!

        • Viking

          Leto says:
          December 16, 2011 at 4:20 pm

          Ah, yes, Csurka is a great playwright indeed
          —

          Was that when he was an informer for the Communist Kadar-regime and got special treatment as being an approved author?

          How about displaying any art from true pre-1990 Hungarian dissidents who did not accept a State Salary to support the Party and rat on others?

          Or Csurka only became great after 1990 when he started to blame everything on the J*ws?

      • Viking

        Leto says:
        December 16, 2011 at 4:16 pm

        Leto says:
        December 16, 2011 at 4:16 pm

        Bloody unwelcome foreigner:

        1/ Csurka was not appointed by anyone to any post. György Dörner was, as a director. He said he’d employ Csurka. (And now he was told by his boss not to do so.)
        —

        But György Dörner made it clear in his application that he would employ Csurka. That was part of the parcel
        Now Tarlós cannot live with his original acceptance of this, then Tarlós is a coward, who cannot defend his own decisions
        Tarlós knew who Csurka was before
        Tarlós is the leader of Fidesz Budapest, who claimed that Fidesz and “Jobbik” has the same goals, just different methods
        As ‘leto’, but ‘leto’ like to use “Jobbik’s” official propaganda videos to get the message accross

      • Viking

        Leto says:
        December 16, 2011 at 4:16 pm

        Csurka is a complete idiot politically as far as daily politics goes. Though he, often enough, does hit the nail on the head in his political analyses
        —

        Can you supply a link to such a “hit the nail on the head in his political analyses” where Csurka does *not* blame the J*ews?
        Because that is the thing with Csurka – always and every time, blame the J*ws, nothing else, just that in absurdum

        But ‘leto’ probably loves Csurka who claimed in the fall of 1989
        * “If you do not vote for the Democratic Forum, you are not Hungarian”
        Nowadays that type of reasoning sticks more with Fidesz

        On a demonstration in June 1995, commemorating the treaty of Trianon signed on 4 June 1920, Csurka tried to alarm his audience by saying that the aim of the governing socialist-liberal coalition is to eliminate pure-blooded, true-born Hungarians and to replace them with Ukrainans, Russians and Jews from the former Soviet Union so that, as a result, “one third of the country will be Ukrainan, Russian and Jews, the other third Gypsies”
        Another hit on the nail, also loved by ‘leto’?

        Also from 1995: The people have also “forgotten their national culture, are content with their role as pariah, are satisfied with their status of a serving people”
        Remember when an Hungarian J*w stating the same thing some months ago?
        Then he was thrown out from his Kossuth Prize, but Csurka got a theatre…

      • Viking

        Leto says:
        December 16, 2011 at 4:16 pm

        Csurka is a complete idiot politically as far as daily politics goes. Though he, often enough, does hit the nail on the head in his political analyses
        —

        Can you supply a link to such a “hit the nail on the head in his political analyses” where Csurka does *not* blame the J*ews?
        Because that is the thing with Csurka – always and every time, blame the J*ws, nothing else, just that in absurdum

        But ‘leto’ probably loves Csurka who claimed in the fall of 1989
        * “If you do not vote for the Democratic Forum, you are not Hungarian”
        Nowadays that type of reasoning sticks more with Fidesz
        (TBC)

  • Szinpad(stage left-right)

    What a shambles! This scenario is a theater within a theater?
    I despise Soros but can anyone prove these allegations made against him in Hungary? And, what are they specifically!?
    Wolfi. Book your seat at the pantomime. I’m sure you’re guaranteed a laugh at the jackasses expense…

  • I love Hungary

    Leto,I could see why you’d view foreigners as “unwelcome” since both communists and yankees have a history of solving the problems presented by people like you.

    Unfortunately- for you- Leto, you can only talk.

    Hopefully, Hungarians will not need any external advice on how to handle your types this time around.

    It’d be nice to see the Hungarians deal with their own nazis, this time.

    Let’s see if the nation has that much courage.

    • Leto

      I don’t view foreigners as “unwelcome”. I view some foreigners as “unwelcome”. Try to comprehend the difference.
      I’m pretty sure Americans will not need any external advice on how to handle your types some day.

      • Viking

        Leto says:
        December 17, 2011 at 2:58 am

        I don’t view foreigners as “unwelcome”. I view some foreigners as “unwelcome”. Try to comprehend the difference
        —

        Have you yet comprehended that most Brits actually regard you as just another “Bloody unwelcome foreigner” from that “Bloody unwelcome” EU-area…

  • Szinpad

    As Hungary sinks ever deeper into the mud so the anti-foreigner element surfaces and they are blamed for everything.
    There are the puppets of Jobbik and Fidesz employed by E.on, T-Home, OTP, etc., that simply revel in the fact that they can make johnny foreigner’s life a misery.
    Customer Service, civility, and goodwill to mankind do not exist. A thin veneer of pompous nationalism conceals the communist mentality in all its various guises.
    The main problem as always is leadership and direction.
    We have none so the pantomime goes on! Buy your ticket now and avoid disappointment…

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