... people he met here and their lives to inspire him. "I tried to write poems like the songs they sang on Seventh Street - gay songs, because you had to be gay or die; sad songs, because help being sad sometimes. But gay or sad, you kept on living and you kept on going. Their songs - those of Seventh Street - had the pulse beat of ... . During the rehearsal process of the play, Jones began to make changes to the original work, adding lines that Langston would never have written as well as adding a rape scene. According to Jones "Rape is for sex, you have to sex in a Broadway show" (Rampersa...

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• Grade Level: High School

... girls for the chorus; a white girl and two black girls. Then he assigns work positions for all of the other characters, some boys for the crew, other boys for security, a gay boy for designer, and the rest of the girls for groupies. At first glance this assignment could be totally benign. Once you analyze the power dynamics and roles that are ... a whore without any basis for this remark. Afterwards, she goes out looking for them, and when they see her they assume it is their right to attack her and almost rape her. Their justification seems unclear, but the film makes it seem that thei...

• Word Count: 2380
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... just a robbery gone bad, or the attackers targetted him for different reasons? His attackers should be executed, but not because Shappard was gay, but rather because they committed murder. While this story was front page news for weeks, the brutal rape and murder of a 10 year old boy Jesse Dirkheiser by homosexuals was utterly ignored by the media. Hmm... I wonder why? To ... ...

• Word Count: 1254
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School