The launch of the document was a lively affair, with a few members of the audience denouncing PEN for giving succour to rightwing critics of the Cuban government, mostly based in Miami.
But Levy responded in an e-mail to the same audience, publicly denouncing the chief for his tone, his lack of civility, and his failure to speak up earlier in the process, as required by the new meeting rules.
He was still full of contradictions, praising King one day, ridiculing him the next, hailing Elijah Muhammad before one audience, then denouncing him before another.
The very day after the interview was published, Francis, in an audience with Catholic gynecologists, vociferously denounced abortion as a symptom of today's "throwaway culture".
The tragic reality remains that while white audiences took Fetchit, the self-proclaimed "Laziest Man in the World," at his word and accepted him as representative, black audiences were denouncing and vilifying Mr. Perry by the early 1940's.
Just before Christmas last year, Francis surprised an audience of cardinals and monsignors by denouncing the various "diseases" of the Curia its "pathology of power," its "rivalry and vainglory," its "gossiping, grumbling, and backbiting," its "idolizing of superiors," its "careerism and opportunism".
Eight months before the first Republican primary, Mr. Dole -- reluctant and nervous -- went before an audience of film executives in Los Angeles to denounce what he described as the corrupting influence of Hollywood values on American culture.
At its opening night in 2009, the staging was lustily booed by the audience and denounced by most critics.
With his father, former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo in the audience, Andrew Cuomo denounced Mr. Pataki's handling of the economy, the condition of public schools and efforts to rebuild Lower Manhattan.
Mr Blair refused to accept invitations from his audience to denounce David Cameron personally but, in advance of the current prime minister's much-anticipated speech on the EU, this former PM got his retaliation in first.
