Ferndale Rep – The Prom
Tyrel Bramwell hasn’t learned the first lesson about publicity. That is, don’t publicize something you don’t want people to see. Even bad publicity is good publicity. Had he not mentioned The Prom on his weekly tribute to bigotry and stupidity, I probably would have ignored the Ferndale Rep’s production of The Prom, as I generally don’t prefer musicals.
But if Bramwell is so against it, I’m going to have to buy a couple of tickets just to help make sure it’s a success.
So what is he all upset about? His usual hatred of anyone who isn’t a heterosexual white Christian. See the play is about, hold onto your hat, a girl, who wants to invite another girl to her prom. Yeah, two women dancing together. How utterly repulsive!
The Rep’s website offers this description of the play:
Four eccentric Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage. So when they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue… and themselves. The town’s parents want to keep the high school dance on the straight and narrow—but when one student just wants to bring her girlfriend to prom, the entire town has a date with destiny. On a mission to transform lives, Broadway’s brassiest join forces with a courageous girl and the town’s citizens and the result is love that brings them all together.
I’m sure it’s that last part that Bramwell finds so un-Christian.
I fail to see how a play about people learning how to all get along is anti-Christian. If anything, Bramwell could probably learn a thing by taking his Sunday off and going to the Rep. We talked about “love thy neighbor” last week. It’s ironic one could learn more about that by going to the local theatre while Bramwell’s sign blasts his hate and bigotry to the community.
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