Monday, March 14, 2005
I defended Melissa today to Mr. Harwell during his speech of terror to the class. I was then told that I do not understand theater, and I do not understand commitment, or what commitment means, and that I do not understand dedication.
My life for the past three years has been nothing but theater. I am involved in more shows in 2 months than he puts on in a semester. I dive head first, and am fully committed to all shows that become involved in, and I do more theater and have had more experince then any other person sitting in that room.
I have taught at theaters, I have interned, I have been in countless shows and involved in several theaters, and I spend more time in rehearsals then any of his students.
Further more I have never treated Mr. Harwell with disrespect. I have never raised my voice, and I have never question his authority, only today I gave him the correct information for what happened.
I defended someone who was innocent because I was right and what he was saying was wrong. Do I regret speaking up?
No. Because I was right. Everybody in that room knows I was right!
And because I did that I was told "You don't understand theater, you don't understand commitment!"
What he did to me today, assuming things about me, and talking down to me and my dedication is just as bad as what any of the student have done to him.
And I don't care if it puts me on his bad side. Because I understand now what a theater means to him. It means you shut-up. It means you're on his side, or you're on no side. And it means you agree with him and his ideas or you're wrong,
and I'll swear to you now that sounds like no theater I've ever been involved in. That sounds like a dictatorship; I will not be a part of it.
My life has been theater, and my job has been theater, and my days in and out are theater. Just because my idea of theater doesn't involve kissing ass to some Hitler wannabe, doesn't mean I don't know what commitment is. Doesn't mean that I don't understand what theater is...
but I don't understand what kind of theater can be run with only fear and without respect.
That I don't understand.
And I wont be a part of it.
My life for the past three years has been nothing but theater. I am involved in more shows in 2 months than he puts on in a semester. I dive head first, and am fully committed to all shows that become involved in, and I do more theater and have had more experince then any other person sitting in that room.
I have taught at theaters, I have interned, I have been in countless shows and involved in several theaters, and I spend more time in rehearsals then any of his students.
Further more I have never treated Mr. Harwell with disrespect. I have never raised my voice, and I have never question his authority, only today I gave him the correct information for what happened.
I defended someone who was innocent because I was right and what he was saying was wrong. Do I regret speaking up?
No. Because I was right. Everybody in that room knows I was right!
And because I did that I was told "You don't understand theater, you don't understand commitment!"
What he did to me today, assuming things about me, and talking down to me and my dedication is just as bad as what any of the student have done to him.
And I don't care if it puts me on his bad side. Because I understand now what a theater means to him. It means you shut-up. It means you're on his side, or you're on no side. And it means you agree with him and his ideas or you're wrong,
and I'll swear to you now that sounds like no theater I've ever been involved in. That sounds like a dictatorship; I will not be a part of it.
My life has been theater, and my job has been theater, and my days in and out are theater. Just because my idea of theater doesn't involve kissing ass to some Hitler wannabe, doesn't mean I don't know what commitment is. Doesn't mean that I don't understand what theater is...
but I don't understand what kind of theater can be run with only fear and without respect.
That I don't understand.
And I wont be a part of it.
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