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A Massachusetts theater expressed 'regret' for actor Richard Dreyfuss' remarks during a start-of-summer screening of the movie 'Jaws,' the venue said Monday. Dreyfuss appeared for a Q&A at the Cabot Theater in Beverly on Saturday as part of a screening of the 1975 blockbuster directed by Steven Spielberg. Witnesses on social media said he addressed topics from Barbra Streisand to transgender people to women, using words that Cabot Executive Director J.
Soward said in the Cabot Theater's statement that the venue shares 'serious concerns ... following the recent event with Richard Dreyfuss.' He continued: 'We deeply regret the distress that this has caused to many of our patrons. We regret that an event that was meant to be a conversation to celebrate an iconic movie instead became a platform for political views.
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