Boebert, the Musical

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

Some people would rather be the show than see the show.

Last weekend at a theatre in Denver, Colorado, a 36-year-old grandmother by the name of Lauren Boebert and her companion were ejected from a musical production of Beetlejuice which was being performed by a Broadway touring company.   The couple were apparently vaping, singing along to the performance, taking pictures and recording with a cell phone, talking loudly, and making a general nuisance of themselves.   After several complaints from other audience members, theatre staff approached Boebert and her friend during intermission and gave them a warning about their unacceptable behavior.    But it went unheeded and the complaints from others in the audience resumed less than five minutes into the second act.  Police were called, and Ms. Boebert and her fellow reveler were escorted to the door.

Boebert, of course, is the two-term congresswoman from western Colorado.  In addition to being a member of the right-wing GOP Freedom Caucus that has been giving House Speaker Kevin McCarthy fits all year, she has also managed to keep her name in the news by engaging in a public feud with fellow Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.  Boebert is primarily known in the House for being stridently anti-abortion and for backing the "rights" of gun owners.  She was once denied entry into the House chamber after a metal detector went off as she was trying to enter, and she refused to let security check the bag that she was carrying.  That same year Boebert sent out Christmas cards with a family photo in which all of her children were armed.

The congresswoman has also made news this year with a pair of family dramas, including the birth of her first grandchild to her seventeen-year-old son and his girlfriend - and the filing of divorce papers against her husband of seventeen years, the father of her four sons.

Boebert's staff have confirmed that the congresswoman was escorted out of the theatre.  They also described their boss as a patron of the performing arts.

Congresswoman Boebert does seem to enjoy being performance art.  An article in The Denver Post recapped the entire incident but failed to mention if audience members applauded as she was removed from the theatre.  I'm betting that some did.