earn. In The Laramie Project‚ by Moisés Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project‚ Matthew Shepard‚ a homosexual college student was at a bar drinking and keeping to himself‚ when two other men Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson who were drunk approached the bar. They both made plans between each other to pretend to be gay and take Matthew Shepard somewhere and teach him a lesson; they attacked him‚ left him tied to a fence all bloodied .The author of The Laramie Project wanted this
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The Laramie Project Critique On Sunday‚ September 26‚ I saw The Laramie Project written by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project‚ presented by the Missouri State Department of Theatre and Dance at the Balcony Theatre. This brilliant work is about Matthew Shepard‚ a 21 year-old student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie‚ Wyoming. This play is a reaction to the 1998 hate crime motivated by homophobia. The play was derived from hundreds of interviews
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paper: May 20th (6 pages) Please make sure that you write about two different plays for your short and long paper. For both papers‚ you can choose one from the following topics: Topics for The Laramie Project: 1. There is a sign in the town Laramie: "Hate is not a Laramie value." Having read the play‚ do you agree with this claim? Use the play to support your argument. 2. One of the characters (Sherry Johnson) says: "A hate crime is a hate crime. If you murder somebody you
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Rachel Chollett The Laramie Project Laramie‚ WY‚ is a modest town which became ignominious overnight in the fall of 1998‚ when Matthew Shepard‚ a gay college student‚ was found tied to a fence after being callously beaten and left to die‚ setting off a nationwide dispute about homophobia and hate crimes. My reaction to this moment in time initially is horror and shock that people did and do these unspeakable acts to their fellow human. However‚ I can also appreciate the many different views
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The Laramie Project and Mabo are both texts featured in the life writing genre. The Laramie Project is presented as a play‚ while Mabo is a biographical film. Both The Laramie Project and Mabo use life writing codes and conventions to convey the ideas and themes of each text. While they both share similar themes‚ the way life writing codes and conventions are applied differentiates The Laramie Project and Mabo. In the film‚ Mabo the viewer is positioned to align themselves with Eddie and feel empathy
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In Moises Kaufman’s‚ The Laramie Project the under lying theme of the novel is people are afraid of change. This can be proved from the novel with the character Cathy Connolly and the struggle that homosexuals have to live in there own society. The juxtaposition of anti-gay demonstrations sparked by religion at a homosexual’s funeral‚ and even the physical setting is related to why people are afraid of change. Whether it is start by homophobia‚ religion‚ or opression‚ people are not just afraid of
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The Community of Laramie’s Views on Hate Crime The Laramie Project is a play about the aftermath of the people from Laramie reactions to the kidnapping and horrible death of an open gay Matthew Sheppard. Furthermore‚ there are various themes throughout the play but Moisés Kaufman wanted to focus on several perspectives towards homosexuality in the Laramie community at the time of Matthew’s death. The play has many themes about prejudice‚ hate crimes‚ and conflicting issues. The most significant
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One aspect of Laramie that strikes me is how peaceful‚ and free the town is‚ for example one of the characters states‚ “But you’d have to be out of your mind to let your kids out after dark. And here‚ in the summertime‚ my kids play out at night till eleven‚ and I don’t think twice about it” (Kaufman 7). This text portrays Laramie’s peacefulness‚ because here the character explains how he does not “think twice” about letting his kids play outside in the dark. One moment that I find interesting about
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Good or Bad?” In the documentary film “The Laramie Project‚” many issues were brought up and discussed throughout its duration: socio-political ones such as laws against hate crimes as well as socio-ethical ones such as live-and-let-live philosophies. However‚ what may have truly caught my attention‚ and probably as well as others’‚ was the controversial socio-ethical topic of homosexuality. The story of the documentary film “The Laramie Project” revolves around Matthew Shepard‚ an openly gay
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Laramie Project Reaction Shortly after midnight on October 7‚ 1998‚ Matthew Shepard was in a local bar in Laramie‚ Wyoming. There‚ he met Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. According to McKinney‚ Matthew asked them for a ride home because it was getting late (90). Subsequently‚ Matthew was robbed‚ severely beaten‚ tied to a fence and left to die. The Laramie Project tells this story through interviews of the citizens of Laramie‚ news and medical reports‚ and flashbacks of specific moments. Those
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