This was the last play of D's ninth grade year. Called "Kamelot-Kontinued" written by the students. There was a bit of drama attached to the writing of it. Apparently some of the content was "offensive" to an anonymous critic. While they were rehearsing, somebody wrote an anonymous letter threatening to have the theatre teacher fired if they performed the play as is. There was some cross dressing and sissy femme boy characters in it. Not D's part - he was King Arty. So they rewrote some of it and ad-libbed a lot of it. What do you expect from a bunch of 9th graders writing a play? There was still cross dressing & sissy characters (just toned down?) - but I enjoyed it MUCH more than "Pedagogy Project" or "Voices of the Holocaust". The students at the school were far more entertained by this one too. D was in his element with a lot of physical comedy and the bruises to prove it.
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