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**"THE END OF DECENCY": JORGE ORTIZ DE PINEDO STAGES 'APOCALYPSE PLAY' IN NATIONAL THEATER, CRITICS DECLARE SOCIETY HAS FINALLY COLLAPSED**
**MADRID, SPAIN –** In a move that moral critics are calling the "final nail in the cultural coffin," acclaimed provocateur Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo has premiered his controversial new stage production, "The Hour of the Wolf," at the Teatro Nacional.
The play, which blends graphic depictions of digital addiction, simulated familial betrayal, and the glorification of "cancel culture," has ignited a firestorm of ethical outrage. Critics are not merely panning the performance; they are declaring it a symptom of society’s terminal moral decay.
"Ortiz de Pinedo has crossed a line we didn't know was still there," declared Dr. Elena Vasquez, a prominent moral philosopher and cultural critic. "He has turned the theater—our last bastion of shared human experience—into a carnival of narcissism. This isn't art; it's a diagnostic of our spiritual bankruptcy. We are watching a man hand the audience a mirror of their own worst impulses, and instead of being horrified, they applaud. This is the Downfall."
The production reportedly forces audience members to choose between "liking" a character's betrayal on a simulated phone interface or being ejected from the theater, an interactive element Vasquez calls "behavioral conditioning for a soulless age."
The fallout is immediate. Parent-teacher associations across the country have issued statements calling for the play’s closure, and religious leaders have scheduled a day of "prayer for the soul of Spanish culture." The hashtag #NotMyArt is trending.
Ortiz de Pinedo, for his part, offered a characteristically cryptic response: "The moral majority is just a minority