Monday, April 04, 2011
Duke Law Students Give Musical Nod to Nixon
NYTimes.com: "But last week, the Duke community took a small, uncharacteristic step toward embracing its most infamous graduate — by performing a play about him. “Tricky Dick,” a musical written by Duke Law School students and starring a 50-person ensemble of professors, administrators and students, was performed Friday at a sold-out arts center in downtown Durham.
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I agree that it is different for this generation to have hard feelings toward Nixon wince we were born after all of the scandal had happened. I am glad that the students and faculty were able to produce 'Tricky Dick'. I am disappionted though I understand why he was so taboo for so long. But I think that it was a mistake to decide to not house his presidential library, because even if they did not agreee with what he did, it would still have been an interesting collection to have. Just because he did bad things or wasnt exactly a hero doesnt mean that people still wouldnt want to learn about him. I mean in school I learned what Watergate was and what happened, but it was just a very small part of what we learned. I think understanding all of our history should be important to us. And if there is a way to do that through theatre, then more power to it.
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