Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 15:59:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Evy Wright <evy_wright-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Rats, rats, rats...
To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org


Mary Robinette has a good point. Why do parents bring
their children to see classic tales if they don't want
them to see the stories? Not that this helps any of us
who have suffered through the complaints.

Recently a theatre near Atlanta did a run of
"Deathtrap." 

SPOILER: IF SOMEHOW YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THE PLAY, READ
THE SCRIPT, OR SEEN THE MOVIE VERSION WITH CHRISTOPHER
REEVE OF DEATHTRAP, AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE
TWIST...


STOP READING NOW!!!!!



Okay, for the rest of us who know the play which has
been around for decades, an audience member wrote a
letter to the local paper complaining that she and her
party were offended by the homosexual content of this
play and that it was not appropriate for their town.
They went to see a delightful play about murder and
mystery and instead got hit with (gasp!)
homosexuality. The resounding response to this letter
was that if you could possibly be offended by a
theatrical piece, heaven forbid, making you think
about the world around you, then you should RESEARCH
the plays you see or stay home.

And isn't this really the same issue as softening the
endings of classic children's stories?

-Evy

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