You want what everyone wants...

Random thoughts...

So we did the book depository scene on Thursday. While we had some fun before really getting into the blocking and had our giggles over the name of a particular rifle - once we got into it it went very well. Disturbingly so...

The best part of this show is that it actually looks into these assassins, their condition, their reasons - instead of simply writing them off as random crazies who did something dumb. But why is Booth the one in the book depository scene with Oswald? Because he's the pioneer, it makes dramatic sense. That's one argument. But beyond that, there's nothing specifically "Booth" about the dialogue other than the end to prove that when you do something like this you're remembered. Booth's there because he's really the only one who is to that point in time... only to be joined by Oswald. Ask most on the street and they won't know who you're talking about if you mention the names Zangara, Guiteau, Czolgosz, Fromme, Moore, Byck. Most might not even know Hinckley. But Lee Harvey Oswald and John Wilkes Booth? They know them. Why? All the people I've mentioned are in the same "fraternity" - they all attempted to assassinate U.S. Presidents and Booth and Oswald weren't the only two who succeeded. SO why are they the remembered ones? Discuss amongst yourselves...

So back to our duo in the Texas Schoolbook Depository... and to why people do these things. The structure of the scene, the dialogue is very psychological. Strip the person of any self-value then make him do whatever you want with the promise of becoming more than he ever dreamed he could be. It's twisted - yet it makes sense. It's believable. Yet most may walk away from this show not making this connection. I hope not. I hope we can learn.

In the last week there have been another series of shootings. Why? Discuss amongst yourselves... please. Don't just write them off as crazies who did something dumb...

The country is not what it was...

JWB