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Delta Air Lines has pulled its sponsorship from New Yorks Public Theater after a staging of Julius Caesar included Caesar depicted as President Donald Trump , assassination and all.

The modernized production is one of the shows at this years Shakespeare in the Park, and the characters look eerily familiar.

The Public Theatres Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis, replaces the Romans toga and crown for a business suit and golden haircut in a more modern retelling of the classic Shakespeare tragedy. And Caesars wife, Calpurnia? Deadline described her as swathed and swaddled in free-flowing silk, totters about in spike heels and speaks with a heavy Slavic accent. Sounds a lot like Trump and the first lady, Melania, an immigrant from Slovenia.

And of course the play would be incomplete without the most famous scene of all: Caesars death.

Et tu, Brute?

Following Kathy Griffins messy Trump joke , it may seem hard to believe that another depiction of a dead president exists, but its true. Inside Edition reports that the show is drawing mixed reactions , with some people feeling uncomfortable and others finding it art.

Amid the backlash, a spokesperson from Delta gave HuffPost a statement on severing its ties with the theater:

No matter what your political stance may be, the graphic staging of Julius Caesar at this summers Free Shakespeare in the Park does not reflect Delta Air Lines values. Their artistic and creative direction crossed the line on the standards of good taste. We have notified them of our decision to end our sponsorship as the official airline of The Public Theater effective immediately.

Not long after Deltas announcement, Bank Of America said it was withdrawing its funding for the updated Julius Caesar. The company issued a public statement on its Twitter page :

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HuffPost has yet to receive a statement from The Public Theater.

The show, put on at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park , doesnt advertise any ties to the president, but Eustis posted a note to the shows website on the meaning of Julius Caesar and its ties to democracy.

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When history is happening, when the ground is slipping away from under us and all that is solid melts into the air, leadership is as transitory and flawed as the times, Eustis wrote onto the site. Its the extraordinary quality of Shakespeares writing to seem fresh, and new, whenever we encounter it again.

Five years ago, The Acting Company put on a version of Julius Caesar that depicted then-President Barack Obama as the title character.

The current Julius Caesar shows for free in Central Park until June 18.

This article has been updated with comments from Delta Air Lines and Bank of America.

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