Broadway actress Denny Benton called Florida Governor Ron DeSantis a Ku Klux Klan archmagic at the 2023 Tony Awards ceremony on Sunday night. The insult was met with dizzying applause from the audience, who praised their fellow Broadway actors.
The 76th Annual Tony Awards, also known as the Broadway Theater Excellence Antoinette Perry Awards, took place Sunday at the United Palace Theater in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood.
Benton presented Jason Zenbach Young of South Plantation High School in Plantation, Florida, with the 2023 Excellence in Drama Teaching Award.
“Hello, I’m actor Denny Benton and I’m proud of you.” [Carnegie Mellon University] Alum. Earlier tonight, CMU and the Tony Awards presented him with the 2023 Outstanding Drama Teaching Award, but the current Grand Wizard is undoubtedly the governor of my home state of Florida, sorry…”
The “Hamilton” actress’ appearance was punctuated by thunderous applause from the audience, who rejoiced at the Republican presidential candidate’s disparaging label as leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
Benton continued, urging DeSantis to rename the plantation, stating, “I’m sure he’ll rename this next town soon, but we’re giving this award a truly incredible life.” It was an honor to award this award to Jason Zenbach Young, who changed the world.” [for] Improving the lives of students at South Plantation High School in Plantation, Florida. “
Mr. Benton specifically described Mr. DeSantis as the leader of a white supremacist organization notorious for its acts of terrorism and violence against blacks, immigrants, Jews and other ethnic minorities. did not reveal.
The town of Plantation was incorporated as a city on April 23, 1953, long after the days of slavery and plantations in the antebellum South.
South Florida Sun Sentinel It describes the origin of the plantation town as follows:
This town, and perhaps all of Broward County west of Highway 7, might still be swampy if it wasn’t for a sick two-year-old boy who loves grapes and squash. According to his 1972 biography, plantation founder Frederick C. Peters came to South Florida from St. Louis after doctors told him his second son, Lewis, would be healthier in a warmer climate. Peters, one of the heirs to a huge shoe-making empire, was part of a fat and devout family and in 1941 built Fort He, west of Lauderdale, on a 10,000-acre swamp he turned into one acre. per he purchased for $25.
At this outlet, you’ll get the following hints as to how the town got its name.
There are several theories as to how the plantation got its name. According to one account, in the early 1900s, two of his farmers in Miami planned to grow a small rice plantation. The plan failed miserably, but the label “plantation” given to the area stuck. Another premise is that the area’s first developers advertised that all homes would be built on a one-acre lot, informally known as a small plantation.
Plantation towns historically have no direct connection to slavery.
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