At a recent public meeting that included the heads of three Berlin opera houses and that city's mayor, Klaus Wowereit, the Staatsoper's general manager, Peter Mussbach, denounced the mayor, who has said he would not renew Mr. Mussbach's contract when it expires this summer, and Daniel Barenboim, the Staatsoper's powerful musical director, for using "mafia" tactics against him.
Her supporters fault the FBI director for using inadequate discretion and swaying public opinion at a critical time in the campaign. .
The University of Lampeter in Wales has been forced to apologise to film director Steven Spielberg for using a picture of him to promote a scriptwriting course without his permission.
He was dismissed as the N.A.A.C.P. executive director in 1994 for using the organization's money to pay an out-of-court settlement to head off a sex discrimination and harassment suit.
Murphy's departure came shortly after Brett Ratner resigned from his position as producer of the broadcast, after the director was roundly criticized for using a gay slur at a public screening.
Mr. Bush's budget director, Mitchell Daniels, had to apologize for using the term "money-grubbing" to describe New Yorkers' demand for the money right away.
Former CIA Director John Brennan also blasted Trump for using his speech at the agency for self-aggrandizement.
"If you have an artist that is a good storyteller, or you have a director that has an eye for using music and visuals to tell a long form story, well then you're almost making a musical," says Cross. "Maybe what we're seeing on some level is the evolution of the musical, much like what we saw with movies based on Broadway productions".
In recent years, writer-producer-director John Ridley has been hailed for using his pointed storytelling abilities to spotlight edgy, uncomfortable topics ranging from the horrors of slavery ("12 Years a Slave") to the explosive human drama of race and socioeconomic clashes in ABC's anthology series "American Crime".
Cohen, disguised as Israeli anti-terrorism expert Erran Morad, talks to Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, bashing liberals for using school shootings to further the "anti-tragedy agenda".
"With language differences, we cannot communicate, but we trust and respect each other because of the art," said Zhang Daquan, one of the Chinese art directors for "Ice!" using an interpreter. .
