Well done, Bruce! This was the textbook way to handle a potentially explosive situation, done with great care and delicacy.
What drives me crazy is that trigger warnings have replaced good, old-fashioned research. Back in the olden times, (aka, “pre internet”) you often times researched the plays you were going to see. You read up oh what you were thinking of seeing, and you made a decision based on that. Ultimately, it’s the theater goers job to decide, it shouldn’t be the responsibility of producers. You know yourself better than they do: with the classics, do you REALLY need to guided???
I guess what I’m trying to say is, do your research if you are particularly sensitive. We are all grown-ups and should be able to decide for ourselves without being told in a trigger warning. (Though smoke, strobe, and loud noises are fair warnings! LOL) |
