Saturday, April 21, 2007
Yale Daily News
Yale Daily News: "In the wake of Monday’s massacre at Virginia Tech in which a student killed 32 people, Dean of Student Affairs Betty Trachtenberg has limited the use of stage weapons in theatrical productions."
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This makes very little sense to me. I feel like Trachtenberg and friends sat in their cushy offices trying to figure out how to show the world that they condemn violence. And maybe they got onto the topic of violence in films, and then they decided, WAIT lets ban weapons in our theatre productions, THAT'LL show 'em! There's just not much logic there at all. Stage weapons are dangerous, but I can't really think of an instance where I've seen real weapons used on stage without safety modifications. But wait, a gun that won't fire is OBVIOUSLY a metaphor for a gun that will fire, so OBVIOUSLY that means the production supports the use of guns..... It's completely illogical...
I agree with Chapel. This sounds like a really ridiculous idea to me. Honestly I don't feel like plays are to blame for gun violence... I mean really. I feel like Yale just felt the need to address the issue in some way to say "Hey look! We're doing something about it!"
The things people come up with...
what are great response to the issue! You know, this should be the answer to all our problems, let's just hide them and pretend as if they are not there. And what better way to do that then limit the tools that the arts can use? no more cursing in plays, no more weapons, no more use of the "N" word in public, we shouldn't have the actual title of the show on the marques if it contains "offensive" language, no plays can be about current events becasue they might offend someone. you know . . . we should just get rid of the arts as a whole, they're just too offensive in general.
A friend at the YSD says that this policy is "temporary" and doesn't apply to the Yale Repertory Theatre and the productions of the Yale School of Drama. For what its worth.
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