Arizona State University's theater department dismissed Jared Sakren from his position as head of the Graduate Acting Program for teaching a "selection of works from a sexist European canon"—Shakespeare, Aeschylus, and Ibsen. The same department requires drama students to read Betty the Yeti: An Eco-Fable, which contains a scene in which a man copulates with an abominable snow-woman. Sakren, who was set to become head of the Masters in Fine Arts program, has extensive experience in theater. His former students include Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Oscar-winner Francis McDormand, and Annette Bening, who blasted Arizona State's decision.

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