Wish I'd known about this earlier

[wendyzski]

...because this makes me all kinds of angry. And a big thank you to stealthbunny for mentioning this to me.

Six Flags Great Escape in Lake George NY is having Fright Fest. Like a lot of the other parks, this features a variety of spooky entertainment.

However, one of the shows listed is a "Witch Hanging" show.
"Based on the story of the Salem witch trials, this slideshow will feature two versions: a day time version based on Monty Python, and a nighttime version that is graphically intense and NOT recommended for children.
Hours: 2:00, 4:30 & 6:00 at Carousel Plaza"

Yeah - because getting a crowd to chant "Burn The Witch" at a teenage girl is a GREAT way to spend a fun-filled evening!

Apparently there have been some letters to the local paper from area Wiccans who are upset by this - partly because of the chanting crowd but also because they were now having to explain a lot of things to their young children that they'd rather have waited a bit for.\

(Besides they are missing the point. Witches aren't scary. CLOWNS are scary!)

You'd think in the day and age, when you can get a pentagram on your military dogtags or your headstone, that people would think twice about putting up this kind of crap.

It's too late to do anything about it for this year, but if any of you are members of more active pagan communities, I think the word should get out about this and letters to both Six Flags and Snickers (the corporate sponsor) should start going out as soon as the show closes.

Comments

[woody-whistler.livejournal.com]

I think us Christians need to express some outrage as well. The Salem witch trials was not exactly a shining moment on the history of Christendom, and to see it turned into a "graphically intense" entertainment spectacle is to rub salt in a lot of wounds that need to be healed.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

Whee - let's have a "dress up like a Crusader and torture the infidels" pavilion!

Yeah - ick.

[telaryn.livejournal.com]

That was my first thought. Let's have an Inquisition Pavillion! Oh, and we especially can't forget the centerpiece of it all...

"The Holocaust Show"!

Sheesh.

Passing on - now I have to tell Robin that her favorite candy will no longer be purchased with my money.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

that was the analogy that one of the local letter-writers made. "Would you have a Holocaust slide show as "graphically intense" entertainment?

[ashtalet.livejournal.com]

It was certainly the first thing that came to my mind in response. I would hope that eventually we'll learn that inciting crowds to want someone dead isn't a good idea. There's no precedent for it, though.