www.lohud.com/story: What happened at Alexander Hamilton High School last week was either a district acting sensitively to parent concerns or the cancel culture at work.
Either way, Tarzan’s vine has been cut.
Alexander Hamilton High School’s drama club had set Dec. 4 auditions for the Disney musical adaptation of “Tarzan” when two parents complained, one to Principal Joseph Engelhardt, another to Rob Jacoby, the club’s music director and producer.
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Another news that is about educational theater making decision regarding the content of the play. This time is Tarzan, and I think a deeper discussion should take place in order to solve this problem both in their school system and in larger scope as theater industry as a whole. First point I came up is that whether the racist issue is addressed to the production members or not. In this incident, most of the production members are also students. Therefore, the person in the leading position should not assume they fully understand what is the racist part in this play. Before moving on and having auditions or rehearsals, there should be a really serious discussion between students and teachers of what is being staged and why. The second topic I want to point out is a little bit tricky. I believe there is a perfect version of Tarzan that can be staged, not only telling the story but also pointing out what was the problem of its writing. In that way we will not be just banning the improper plays, but making people understand why it is not acceptable.
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