<div dir="ltr">An example is:'The Lorax' was banned in the Northwest. Books by Dr. Suess are rarely banned, and films based on his books, even less frequently..<div>/s/ Richard</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 11:35 PM, Bill Nelson via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">>>The problem is not where specific individuals may have moral boundaries.<br>
> It is<br>
>>where those individuals try, and unfortunately often succeed, in forcing<br>
> their<br>
>>moral viewpoints onto everyone else.<br>
<span class="">><br>
> What you don't understand is that by making a choice, the school is FORCING<br>
> its view, as an instrument of the state. In essence decreeing that their<br>
> choice is acceptable, even if it does make some people uncomfortable.<br>
<br>
</span>They made the choice to allow the play. No one is being forced to participate<br>
in its production, or attend the performances.<br>
<br>
Refusing to allow such plays WOULD be forcing the viewpoint of a very small<br>
minority on the rest of the parents/students.<br>
<br>
I prefer "freedom of choice", rather than "prohibition of choice".<br>
<br>
>>> I suspect an important consideration for a school is that the more you<br>
> allow<br>
>>> in terms of morality at a public school theater, the more you erode<br>
> support<br>
>>> for theater and the more it is considered a"School for Scandalization"<br>
>><br>
>>I have never been convinced that this is true, one way or the other. For<br>
> one<br>
>>thing, what would be "scandalous" to one person is probably perfectly<br>
>>acceptable to many others.<br>
>><br>
>>If a person has moral objections to the subject matter in a play, the<br>
>>solution is simple - do not attend or participate. Just don't try to prohibit<br>
>> others from making their own choices.<br>
>><br>
>>Bill<br>
><br>
> Of course it's true, just not visible. Students (or their parents) will<br>
> just opt not to participate. There are too many good scripts available to<br>
> require that the school put on something that will offend some, and limit<br>
> participation.<br>
<br>
So they don't participate - that is their loss.<br>
<br>
I haven't seen a script yet, even for children's plays, that would not offend<br>
some people in one way or another.<br>
<br>
> That said, I haven't seen 'Pippin', so it is entirely possible that the<br>
> people protesting are just hypersensitive.<br>
<br>
No idea either. But to me, it is immaterial.<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">/s/ Richard<br>_________</div>
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