When parents at a local high school tried to stop student productions of Rent and The Laramie Project, District Court judge David Wall denied a request for a preliminary injunction, ruling that no irreparable harm would occur if the shows went on.
It’s easy to understand why parents wanted to stop the shows. One day the kids are doing Rent, the next they discover La Boheme, and then before you know it, they’re seriously into opera. After that, who knows? String quartets?? And Laramie? It’s a documentary!! What next? The History Channel??
It’s a slippery slope, let me tell you.
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Davi Napoleon is a theater historian and journalist who writes widely about the arts. Schoolbiz, her column on theater training, ran for four years in TheaterWeek, and her features on design have been running in Live Design (once known as Theater Crafts) since 1977. She contributed ...
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donaldgk@hotmail.com says:
The slippery slope is a logical fallacy.
Davi Napoleon says:
Donald,
You're absolutely right about that. I hope you realize this is satire and that I believe the shows should go on.
Davi
Frank says:
In fairness, the parents were only trying to stop the production of Rent because it's TERRIBLE. But the judge had himself been cast as the scarecrow in The Wiz back in high school, and was unsympathetic...