There’s already been blowback against the activist group responsible, who now fear being defunded because the student body perceives them as “censoring radicals.”

Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:

American Indian activists get Andrew Jackson musical canceled at Stanford

“Were this not an academic setting, I personally would have made the decision to go on with the show, but on a university campus our obligations are different. I don’t think it’s fair for us to alienate members of the community.”

This may be the most telling quote in the Stanford Daily‘s story about why a student director canceled her intended presentation of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, a Broadway musical about the president controversial for “its representation of Native Americans” and “satire of serious issues.”

It sounds like nothing more than a South Park episode, or indeed any production by Trey Parker and Matt Stone (Team America, The Book of Mormon).

American Indian activists at Stanford, in a bid to convince director Benina Stern to make alterations to the script, nitpicked the production until she killed it entirely:

Stern said that the [Stanford American Indian Organization] students brought up criticisms of the musical with which she was mostly familiar, having researched previous critiques in the hope of using the musical to create a positive dialogue on campus.

“I don’t do theater just to say we put on a show, I do theater to have a conversation and to learn,” Stern said. “I wouldn’t have pitched this show if I didn’t think something could be said about it and problems brought to light that a lot of the Stanford community does not think about.” …