Interesting. It Can't Be True was one of the favorites. Here comes the tongue.... became challenging... I have to say I have a bizaar sense of humor and found it kinda middle school charming. I can remember wrestling with the worry of that when a youngun. The movie lines about penis on fire....probably should have cut that somehow....but no one mentioned it. Perhaps they repressed it. No one says no to a boy with a terminal illness was majorly bothersome because while i like that every teenager on stage was a normal, perhaps somewhat exaggerated middle school character-I was told i couldn't 'own' that because I wasn't connected to it. I found it made that character so real and so approachable. My adults were disturbed most by what they saw as the stereotyping of the Jewish main character as kinniving.....I didn't even realise he was anything but a teenager desperate to fit in....never associated his planning and trying to reach the most 'popular' kids as conniving. So....for 5th graders, so much is palatable. I'd definitely have to go back to the script before giving any feedback. We trimmed down Hey Kendra...our boys were choreographically challenged.... So...I'm rambling.
Our next show was a readers digest version of Hairpsray....not one person offended by the line..."And once a month we have negroe day!" shouted by our latino crew of almost caucasion performers :) . We did a LOT of pre work, and I know where I've been was a tribute to soooo many heros/heroines that came before and up to 1962. At rehearsals we called the groups- salts and peppers....very spicy. Perhaps because of the movie with John Travolta and Zac Effron...people found this challenging awful time palatable. no questions asked. Tears at the powerpoint. smiles at the end. We are now in the process of Little mermaid..... those eels may be challenging :/ I'm being sarcastic and tired. more another time. goodnight. good luck.
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