Blasphemous Theatre in Indian Head
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carolinagirl
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My only question is why are you so concerned about what is shown at the Indian Head Black Box Theater? I mean it is not like it is a church or anything. Why can't they show whatever they want and then allow the community to decide whether they want to see it?
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RadioPatrol
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well voting with your wallet ........
is always one way to show dissatisfaction, but frankly the way the IHBBT is barely holding on (close friend worked there for a year or more when IHBBT 1st opened) they would not miss one person, but a finely drafted letter to the play selection committee maybe with a copy cc'd to the local paper's editorial section letting them know of your dislike of the choices of entertainment might be a better solution.... like in this forum would spark debate and discussion - I know @ one time IHBBT was considering a play with considerable nudity of one of the female cast ....
Actually the building is owned by the town of IH.
carolinagirl said:
is always one way to show dissatisfaction, but frankly the way the IHBBT is barely holding on (close friend worked there for a year or more when IHBBT 1st opened) they would not miss one person, but a finely drafted letter to the play selection committee maybe with a copy cc'd to the local paper's editorial section letting them know of your dislike of the choices of entertainment might be a better solution.... like in this forum would spark debate and discussion - I know @ one time IHBBT was considering a play with considerable nudity of one of the female cast ....
Actually the building is owned by the town of IH.
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RadioPatrol
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Learn your History ....
Islam had been creeping up on western Europe for several centuries Islamic Caliphate 750 AD
Europe 1097 - just 300 yrs later
the start of the crusades was a response to Muslim aggression into European territories .... The Roman Catholic is not trying to hide anything : Crusades
For years there had been a treaty where by pilgrims could visit the holy sites (after all they were bringing hard currency with them)
The rise of the Seljukian Turks, however, compromised the safety of pilgrims and even threatened the independence of the Byzantine Empire and of all Christendom.
Europe had been a collection of fiefdoms, principalities, with no central power - except for the Church ..... so the pope made a call to arms to recover Holy Lands and drive the Mohammedans back into whence they came from.
However even called together by the Pope / Church - men were still in charge of his own troops and subject to earthly distractions - contrary to your belief the church was NOT running the crusades ..... yes monks and other men of the faith - but the troops each held Allegiance to ones Baron or Prince or other nobles.
* Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lower Lorraine at the head of the people of Lorraine, the Germans, and the French from the north, followed the valley of the Danube, crossed Hungary, and arrived at Constantinople, 23 December, 1096.
* Hugh of Vermandois, brother of King Philip I of France, Robert Courte-Heuse, Duke of Normandy, and Count Stephen of Blois, led bands of French and Normans across the Alps and set sail from the ports of Apulia for Dyrrachium (Durazzo), whence they took the "Via Egnatia" to Constantinople and assembled there in May, 1097.
* The French from the south, under the leadership of Raymond of Saint-Gilles, Count of Toulouse, and of Adhemar of Monteil, Bishop of Puy and papal legate, began to fight their way through the longitudinal valleys of the Eastern Alps and, after bloody conflicts with the Slavonians, reached Constantinople at the end of April, 1097.
* Lastly, the Normans of Southern Italy, won over by the enthusiasm of the bands of crusaders that passed through their country, embarked for Epirus under the command of Bohemond and Tancred, one being the eldest son, the other the nephew, of Robert Guiscard. Crossing the Byzantine Empire, they succeeded in reaching Constantinople, 26 April, 1097.
The appearance of the crusading armies at Constantinople raised the greatest trouble, and helped to bring about in the future irremediable misunderstandings between the Greeks and the Latin Christians. The unsolicited invasion of the latter alarmed Alexius, who tried to prevent the concentration of all these forces at Constantinople by transporting to Asia Minor each Western army in the order of its arrival; moreover, he endeavoured to extort from the leaders of the crusade a promise that they would restore to the Greek Empire the lands they were about to conquer. After resisting the imperial entreaties throughout the winter, Godfrey of Bouillon, hemmed in at Pera, at length consented to take the oath of fealty. Bohemond, Robert Courte-Heuse, Stephen of Blois, and the other crusading chiefs unhesitatingly assumed the same obligation; Raymond of St-Gilles, however, remained obdurate.
Every ruler had is own agenda along with restoring Christian Lands for Pilgrims ......
kom526 said:
BRAVO!
What if they were to do a play about the crusades or any of the other atrocities the Church of Rome sanctioned or tried to hide? Would you still be just as angry?
Islam had been creeping up on western Europe for several centuries Islamic Caliphate 750 AD
Europe 1097 - just 300 yrs later
the start of the crusades was a response to Muslim aggression into European territories .... The Roman Catholic is not trying to hide anything : Crusades
For years there had been a treaty where by pilgrims could visit the holy sites (after all they were bringing hard currency with them)
The rise of the Seljukian Turks, however, compromised the safety of pilgrims and even threatened the independence of the Byzantine Empire and of all Christendom.
Europe had been a collection of fiefdoms, principalities, with no central power - except for the Church ..... so the pope made a call to arms to recover Holy Lands and drive the Mohammedans back into whence they came from.
However even called together by the Pope / Church - men were still in charge of his own troops and subject to earthly distractions - contrary to your belief the church was NOT running the crusades ..... yes monks and other men of the faith - but the troops each held Allegiance to ones Baron or Prince or other nobles.
* Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lower Lorraine at the head of the people of Lorraine, the Germans, and the French from the north, followed the valley of the Danube, crossed Hungary, and arrived at Constantinople, 23 December, 1096.
* Hugh of Vermandois, brother of King Philip I of France, Robert Courte-Heuse, Duke of Normandy, and Count Stephen of Blois, led bands of French and Normans across the Alps and set sail from the ports of Apulia for Dyrrachium (Durazzo), whence they took the "Via Egnatia" to Constantinople and assembled there in May, 1097.
* The French from the south, under the leadership of Raymond of Saint-Gilles, Count of Toulouse, and of Adhemar of Monteil, Bishop of Puy and papal legate, began to fight their way through the longitudinal valleys of the Eastern Alps and, after bloody conflicts with the Slavonians, reached Constantinople at the end of April, 1097.
* Lastly, the Normans of Southern Italy, won over by the enthusiasm of the bands of crusaders that passed through their country, embarked for Epirus under the command of Bohemond and Tancred, one being the eldest son, the other the nephew, of Robert Guiscard. Crossing the Byzantine Empire, they succeeded in reaching Constantinople, 26 April, 1097.
The appearance of the crusading armies at Constantinople raised the greatest trouble, and helped to bring about in the future irremediable misunderstandings between the Greeks and the Latin Christians. The unsolicited invasion of the latter alarmed Alexius, who tried to prevent the concentration of all these forces at Constantinople by transporting to Asia Minor each Western army in the order of its arrival; moreover, he endeavoured to extort from the leaders of the crusade a promise that they would restore to the Greek Empire the lands they were about to conquer. After resisting the imperial entreaties throughout the winter, Godfrey of Bouillon, hemmed in at Pera, at length consented to take the oath of fealty. Bohemond, Robert Courte-Heuse, Stephen of Blois, and the other crusading chiefs unhesitatingly assumed the same obligation; Raymond of St-Gilles, however, remained obdurate.
Every ruler had is own agenda along with restoring Christian Lands for Pilgrims ......
NobleHeart
New Member
2 for 1 tickets
Please note that we are offering two for one tickets for this opening weekend of Agnes of God. So, for those of you interested in seeing the show, please come take advantage of this offer. This offer is only good through February 11, 2007.
Please visit www.indianheadblackbox.org for tickets
Bridget D. Burke
Director of Public Affairs
NobleHeart Theatre Company
Please note that we are offering two for one tickets for this opening weekend of Agnes of God. So, for those of you interested in seeing the show, please come take advantage of this offer. This offer is only good through February 11, 2007.
Please visit www.indianheadblackbox.org for tickets
Bridget D. Burke
Director of Public Affairs
NobleHeart Theatre Company
Look... America needs to come out of its shell. If a play troupe wants to put on a play about the sound of music we aren't going to boycott it because it shows people in nazi uniform. We certainly shouldn't boycott a play because it portrays a version of christianity in a different light...
If you don't plan to take your children to the play, thats fine, they probably get their dose of violence and profanity from watching the evening news and listening to the radio, and even if you've managed to hide it from them there, they are listening to eminem and marilyn Manson at school. Go ahead, shelter them, they will really snap when they find out that kids don't come from storks, santa clause isn't real, and the easter bunny really doesn't exist either, its just the IRS in disguise. I know 5 year olds who can cuss more proficiently than most sailors and marines i've ever known. Kids and adults should see plays and have it EXPLAINED TO THEM, not hidden from them. And if the play is of an adult theme usually they will list it as such.... "Parents strongly cautioned" etc. A nun getting pregnant isn't an adult theme. It shows the consequences of your actions honestly, and what can happen in the real world. It goes to show that everyone isn't whom they say they are, who they portray themselves to be regardless of what they wear in life... whether its a uniform, or a position they are in... and you should beware of those around you.
For people to hide the fact that all religions don't have ups and downs, and there are sinners in all parts of societies to some degree, well they are only lying to themselves. A play shouldn't be judged on the material but also on the skill of the actors/actresses. It should make someone leave the theatre thinking in a new light, thinking wow. Some plays are written as fictional, others are based on actual events. I am not going to complain about something like this.
However if one was to protest that is completely within their right, the right to peacefully protest. Make sure that you don't have to get a permit with the CCSO to do so, that way they don't attempt to have you arrested.
If you don't plan to take your children to the play, thats fine, they probably get their dose of violence and profanity from watching the evening news and listening to the radio, and even if you've managed to hide it from them there, they are listening to eminem and marilyn Manson at school. Go ahead, shelter them, they will really snap when they find out that kids don't come from storks, santa clause isn't real, and the easter bunny really doesn't exist either, its just the IRS in disguise. I know 5 year olds who can cuss more proficiently than most sailors and marines i've ever known. Kids and adults should see plays and have it EXPLAINED TO THEM, not hidden from them. And if the play is of an adult theme usually they will list it as such.... "Parents strongly cautioned" etc. A nun getting pregnant isn't an adult theme. It shows the consequences of your actions honestly, and what can happen in the real world. It goes to show that everyone isn't whom they say they are, who they portray themselves to be regardless of what they wear in life... whether its a uniform, or a position they are in... and you should beware of those around you.
For people to hide the fact that all religions don't have ups and downs, and there are sinners in all parts of societies to some degree, well they are only lying to themselves. A play shouldn't be judged on the material but also on the skill of the actors/actresses. It should make someone leave the theatre thinking in a new light, thinking wow. Some plays are written as fictional, others are based on actual events. I am not going to complain about something like this.
However if one was to protest that is completely within their right, the right to peacefully protest. Make sure that you don't have to get a permit with the CCSO to do so, that way they don't attempt to have you arrested.
Hollywoodmom
Member
Go enjoy the play and take a non believer with you. Do as Christ did-use a secular situation to illustrate spiritual truth. Be creative! We live in a secular world.
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Kain99
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From Wikipedia
This play has seen a revival among Catholic women's groups, who believe it demonstrates important moral and spiritual issues that Catholic women must face.
This play has seen a revival among Catholic women's groups, who believe it demonstrates important moral and spiritual issues that Catholic women must face.
