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The Laramie Project

2008-12-26T13:28:13Z

SaggyDo: Removing references to 20/20 report; this report was broadcast several years after the play was made.

'''''The Laramie Project''''' is a vulgar, violent play being promoted in schools in the [[United States]] as part of the [[homosexual agenda]]. The play is a one-sided representation of events surrounding the 1998 murder of [[Matthew Shepard]] in Laramie, [[Wyoming]].

Developed by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project, this play first opened at the Ricketson Theatre by the Denver Center Theatre Company in February 2000. It was also performed at the Union Square Theater in [[New York City]], and again in November 2002 in Laramie. [[HBO]] subsequently made a movie based on this play. Since then it has spread to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of high schools across the United States, typically without parents having any idea what is in it. Some school boards have rejected attempts to bring this play to schools in their districts.

[[Westboro Baptist Church]] pastor [[Fred Phelps]] is portrayed in ''The Laramie Project''. Phelps and members of his congregation occasionally picket performances of the play.

Talk:The Laramie Project

2008-12-25T23:12:59Z

SaggyDo: /* Distorting facts */

== *holds head in hands* ==

This is sick. The man was murdered, and you describe the play as one-sided. Just delete and start the thing over again, the first versions were written by some WBC person, in case you haven't noticed. Please, I feel physically unwell. --[[User:Turing100111010|Turing100111010]] 20:22, 11 September 2007 (EDT)

== Distorting facts ==

"''The Laramie Project distorts the facts and completely omits how "Shepard's killers, in their first interview since their convictions, tell '20/20's' Elizabeth Vargas that money and drugs motivated their actions that night, not hatred of gays.''" In fairness, that might have something to do with the fact that the play was first performed over four years prior to that particular report.

Talk:The Laramie Project

2008-12-25T23:08:43Z

SaggyDo: /* Distorting facts */ new section

== *holds head in hands* ==

This is sick. The man was murdered, and you describe the play as one-sided. Just delete and start the thing over again, the first versions were written by some WBC person, in case you haven't noticed. Please, I feel physically unwell. --[[User:Turing100111010|Turing100111010]] 20:22, 11 September 2007 (EDT)

== Distorting facts ==

"''The Laramie Project distorts the facts and completely omits how "Shepard's killers, in their first interview since their convictions, tell '20/20's' Elizabeth Vargas that money and drugs motivated their actions that night, not hatred of gays.''" In fariness, that might have something to do with the fact that the play was first performed over four years prior to that particular report.