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After admitting on the "This American Life" radio program that hehad fabricated some of his experiences for dramatic purposes,artist Mike Daisey has changed his monologue about Apple and itsmanufacturing partner Foxconn to remove anything he can't "standbehind." Update : Daisey has posted a recording of the new prologue from his performance on Sunday. Associated Press drama writer Mark Kennedy reported on Saturday that Daisey had decided to add a prologue at the beginning of theshow, which carries the title "The Agony and Ecstasy of SteveJobs," and cut out some fictional elements. According to the report, the Public Theater's artistic directorOskar Eustis said that the artist had "eliminated anything hedoesn't feel he can stand behind" and placed a new segment at thebeginning to provide "the best possible frame we could give theaudience for the controversy." He also noted that the decision tomake the changes was solely made by Daisey. "Mike is a great storyteller, not a journalist. I wish he had beenclearer about that distinction in the making of this piece," Eustistold the publication. "If we had understood the rules Mike wasusing to make the show, we would have framed it differently fromthe outset." Daisey's monologue recounted a trip that he took to China to visita Foxconn factory where he claimed to have met underage workers andinjured workers who hadn't received medical attention. The production shot into the limelight after "This American Life"aired an episode about Daisey in January. The broadcast became themost downloaded episode of the show and prompted a number ofconsumers and non-profit groups to start petitions calling forApple and Foxconn to improve working conditions in China. However, journalist Rob Schmitz managed to contact Daisey'sinterpreter and confirm that several incidents he claimed to haveexperienced were false. For its part, "This American Life" hadperformed its own fact checking of Daisey's story, but they did notcontact his interpreter because he told the show that her name wasAnna and he didn't know how to reach her. "This American Life" host Ira Glass issued on Friday a retraction of the January episode. The retraction was the first of its kindfor the show. "Daisey lied to me and 'This American Life' producer Brian Reedduring the fact checking we did on the story, before it wasbroadcast," Glass wrote in a statement. "That doesn't excuse thefact that we never should've put this on the air. In the end, itwas our mistake." The New York Times subsequently corrected its own piece on Daisey from last year, removing a paragraph aboutwhich "questions have been raised" about its truthfulness. In a statement on Friday, Daisey originally said that he stood byhis work. "It uses a combination of fact, memoir, and dramaticlicense to tell its story, and I believe it does so withintegrity," he said, adding that his only regret is that he allowed"This American Life" to air an excerpt of his monologue. The new version of the monologue now makes mention of the fact thatDaisey's translator "does not remember things which he doesremember," Eustis said. Daisey has born the brunt of sharp criticism from veterans withinthe theater industry. For instance, The Wall Street Journal's chief theater critic Terry Teachout called Daisey's deceptions "unforgivable." Others have worked to bring the focus back on the plight of theworkers, dismissing Daisey's inaccuracies as irrelevant to theissue of alleged labor abuses at Foxconn and other manufacturers inChina. Apple has refused to comment on the controversy surrounding themonologue. CEO Tim Cook did, however, dismiss the show lastFebruary at an annual shareholder meeting. At the time, Cookreassured investors that Apple has "the highest standards" forworker safety and environmental friendliness. "I don't need to see a play. I know Steve Jobs," he said. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Metal Inoculation , China Inoculant Casting for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Ferro Silicon Inoculant.
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