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...and I've never done that before.
The play was excellent. A local high school is doing Romeo and Juliet using Shakespeare's original language, but set in 1930's Mexico. The costumes, scenery, makeup, everything -- phenomenal. The kids are great. The one playing Mercutio was :wow: *astoundingly* good. Phenomenal.
I walked out because of the kids in the audience -- students at the high school putting it on. They were the most obnoxious, horrific, hateful kids I've ever been around. Their behavior was bad enough -- they text-messaged each other (with their phones NOT on silent) the whole time, giggled, whispered, etc. -- but what got me was their language.
These kids were gossiping about other kids. A small sampling of what they said:
"That fucking fag. If he waves at me one more time he's gonna wish he was dead."
"Who cares what she thinks? Her brother's a fucking homo."
"These goddamn queers. I need a fucking bat."
There were about eight of them in close proximity to me, (a group of three that seemed to have come to the show together, and a group of five that seemed to be together, too. The two groups were not interacting. I sat between them, alone.)
I was sitting there stunned because this high school is in the wealthiest part of town, has the highest academic ratings in this whole state for public high schools, and by all accounts are the best-educated kids around here. It was horrifying.
THEN one of them said something about a dancer (during the balcony scene, there was a male and a female dancer on center stage - the balcony was stage left). He said, "That fucking faggot hates me because he couldn't make the football team."
I leaned over and whispered (in a VERY nasty tone of voice, I admit). "Let me get this straight. He's up there with his arm around the waist of a GIRL in a leotard. YOU take showers with guys, and HE's the 'fag' here. YEAH. RIGHT." The kid shut up then, but I could *feel* the rage seething off him.
I walked out at intermission. Only slightly because I thought the football kid might kick my ass. Mostly because it was just disgusting.
What the HELL is this world coming to??
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