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City Pages: The Events, about the aftermath of a mass shooting in Scotland, opened Friday evening in the wake of another massacre at an American school. That might have been eerie, except that such shootings happen with alarming regularity these days.
This is absolutely amazing. One the primary reasons we make theatre is tell stories, important ones. Mass shootings have now in my mind officially formed a cloud over the upcoming generation. The kids that are currently in grade school have now been growing up with these events and pieces of theatre like this are important for our society to understand the gravity of the situation. Just as perhaps "Rent" and "The Normal Heart" did with AIDS to raise awareness to general public and make something happen, this production hopefully begins this chain of events. If our society feels that it is time to make theatre about a problem, it is time to do something about the problem. Some of the most moving theatre is the hardest to deal with, such as "Steubenville". Shows that push the audience to do more and say something are the ones that are most important.
This theater piece sounds really exciting, I haven't always been a big proponent of political theater, but more recently I've become much more fond of the style of drama. In general I think the best productions are the ones that don't just tell a narrative you can absent-mindedly follow, but rather one that invests the audience in the action and provokes them to think. Political theater does just this, except the provocation of thought is surrounding a certain event or social issue. When political theater is too forced and narrow minded it can fail miserably because it imposes too much on the audience rather than letting them derive their own conclusions which is extremely detrimental, but on the other hand pieces that present an issue and allow the audience to take their own journey can do wonders for stimulating an important conversation. Public shootings are a huge issue in our time, and I think it is a great idea for a theater piece to explore the issue and take the audience on a journey of thought through them. This piece sounds very similar to a play I love, called "Monsters" by Nicholas Radstrom, which explores the issue of child murderers, and asks us how we can be bystanders while evil exists in the world. If this piece is anything like that I think it'll be extremely successful.
my biggest concern and anger in the world today, is the perpetuation of mass shootings in the world today- and our numbness to them. they happen constantly, and now we have just grown numb to them. the acts are Barbaric and have no place in our civilized society. we should not have to live in fear, going to the movies, going to church or going to school. I'm glad there is a thought provoking show about the aftermath. anther show based on Columbine- Columbinists attempted- but the show falls flat and is sympathetic to the shooters, something that drives me absolutely nuts. this, I hope will show the pain and disgust in a survivor. I hope that as the media depicts shootings they do not continue, but that our lawmakers will take notice and finally do something about gun violence.
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This is absolutely amazing. One the primary reasons we make theatre is tell stories, important ones. Mass shootings have now in my mind officially formed a cloud over the upcoming generation. The kids that are currently in grade school have now been growing up with these events and pieces of theatre like this are important for our society to understand the gravity of the situation. Just as perhaps "Rent" and "The Normal Heart" did with AIDS to raise awareness to general public and make something happen, this production hopefully begins this chain of events. If our society feels that it is time to make theatre about a problem, it is time to do something about the problem. Some of the most moving theatre is the hardest to deal with, such as "Steubenville". Shows that push the audience to do more and say something are the ones that are most important.
This theater piece sounds really exciting, I haven't always been a big proponent of political theater, but more recently I've become much more fond of the style of drama. In general I think the best productions are the ones that don't just tell a narrative you can absent-mindedly follow, but rather one that invests the audience in the action and provokes them to think. Political theater does just this, except the provocation of thought is surrounding a certain event or social issue. When political theater is too forced and narrow minded it can fail miserably because it imposes too much on the audience rather than letting them derive their own conclusions which is extremely detrimental, but on the other hand pieces that present an issue and allow the audience to take their own journey can do wonders for stimulating an important conversation. Public shootings are a huge issue in our time, and I think it is a great idea for a theater piece to explore the issue and take the audience on a journey of thought through them. This piece sounds very similar to a play I love, called "Monsters" by Nicholas Radstrom, which explores the issue of child murderers, and asks us how we can be bystanders while evil exists in the world. If this piece is anything like that I think it'll be extremely successful.
my biggest concern and anger in the world today, is the perpetuation of mass shootings in the world today- and our numbness to them. they happen constantly, and now we have just grown numb to them. the acts are Barbaric and have no place in our civilized society. we should not have to live in fear, going to the movies, going to church or going to school. I'm glad there is a thought provoking show about the aftermath. anther show based on Columbine- Columbinists attempted- but the show falls flat and is sympathetic to the shooters, something that drives me absolutely nuts. this, I hope will show the pain and disgust in a survivor. I hope that as the media depicts shootings they do not continue, but that our lawmakers will take notice and finally do something about gun violence.
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