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When I Reach Out To You and You To Me

Mar 21, 2005 17:04

I didn't really have a moment to update on Friday when I got home from school. Friday afternoon Wyoming High School did something that has never been done before - they performed a play for the entire school during school hours. They performed The Laramie Project. If you have not heard of this play, or seen the HBO special, it is truly something ( Read more... )

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traci0904 March 21 2005, 22:38:01 UTC

A school in my district performed The Laramie Project last year... the administration made a big deal about it, some parents protested, it was horrible. In the end, all 5 shows were sold out, it was a great performance. Although a large majority here thought it was bennificial, etc... they are still those close-minded few...

checkplus March 21 2005, 23:00:22 UTC

There wasnt a single protest about the school doing this play. I believe that that speaks volumes about the community that I live in. Yet, you are right about those close-minded few...oy.

sarcastic_irony March 21 2005, 23:24:06 UTC

I've seen the HBO special and I cried. I did a report on Matthew Shepard's murder in ninth grade honors english, but it's just as hard to hear about it the first time as it is the last. I am particularly in love with the "Angels" Christina Ricci's character did to shadow the protestors. Powerful and beautiful and I wish a school here would do it.

cool nftyovalan March 21 2005, 23:35:10 UTC

Any play that can make people embrace the idea of B'tzelem Elohim helps in Tikkun Olam. (Ah, I shou;d translate. Rapairing the world.)