Et Tu Delta? Don’t Count On Corporations to Protect Public Art

Hunter Walk
2 min readJun 13, 2017

Shakespeare in Central Park. Sounds harmless enough. Like a good, safe institution that Delta and other companies can sponsor as part of their community outreach. And they did, for many years, but this weekend two sponsors pulled their affiliation because the Julius Caesar being performed was a modernized version. A version which apparently depicted a Trump-like character in the role of Caesar. And we know what happened to Caesar.

In response to public — err, conservative pundit — outcry (folks were largely silent when…

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Hunter Walk

You’ll find me @homebrew , Seed Stage Venture Fund w @satyap . Previously made products at YouTube, Google & SecondLife. Married to @cbarlerin .