There was a reason Sir Tyrone Guthrie chose Minneapolis for his namesake theater.
First we set the stage. Minnesota Governor Walz, the Mayor of Minneapolis and the state Public Safety Commissioner have all said that the rioting has either been done by, caused by, or instigated by white supremacists:
When reporters asked about rumours that white supremacists were secretly infiltrating Black Lives Matter protests and instigating violence, Mr Walz said: "My suspicions and what I've seen on this, yes. It gets worse than that. The cartels, who are wondering if there was a break in their drug transmissions, are trying to take advantage of the chaos. That's why this situation is on a federal level."While Minneapolis' Mayor cast a wider net
Minnesota's top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Keith Ellison offered up this video:We are now confronting white supremacists, members of organized crime, out of state instigators, and possibly even foreign actors to destroy and destabilize our city and our region.— Mayor Jacob Frey (@MayorFrey) May 30, 2020
But it appears the "He's a cop" animosity expressed by the gentleman with the pizza box (pink shirt) has been resolved as they walk off, perhaps to the afterparty to enjoy a well-earned slice. (slightly messy if you carry yourThis man doesn’t look like any civil rights protestor I have ever seen. Looks like a provocateur. Can anyone ID him? “Suspicious Man Breaks Window & Starts Minneapolis Riots” - YouTube https://t.co/e1lNAabWcb— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) May 28, 2020
*Key takeaways on commedia dell’arte : ensemble, improv, masks, itinerant (travellers) professional.
From Encyclopedia Brittanica:
...The commedia dell’arte was a form of popular theatre that emphasized ensemble acting; its improvisations were set in a firm framework of masks and stock situations, and its plots were frequently borrowed from the classical literary tradition of the commedia erudita, or literary drama. Professional players who specialized in one role developed an unmatched comic acting technique, which contributed to the popularity of the itinerant commedia troupes that traveled throughout Europe....If interested, ThoughtCo has more.
And if you Google "Umbrella Man" don't get sidetracked by the Kennedy assassination 'Umbrella Man" as I did. I spent five minutes thinking "what the hell is this?"
And speaking of Google, if Street View is telling me true, the thoroughfare the umbrella man and pizza box man are approaching from the grassy knoll in that second vid is just north of Lake Street, with the brick building on the left being the back of the AutoZone and the Target store that was picked clean, bare to the walls in the looting, across the street to the right while the third precinct is south on Minnehaha, on the right.
More to come.
