I recently saw a show at the Winspear theatre in downtown dallas. The name of this show is spring awakening and it was my second time seeing it, but its a really good show. The cast had been touring for a year and the music brings full audiences every time. The show is however a pretty crude show with a lot of cussing and sex of stage. The show, which was on broadway 2 years ago is a story about kids who are sheltered but still feel the teenage desires that teens are supposed to feel. Because they are sheltered and do not understand where these desires come from they explore their desires and end up getting into trouble. The show has awesome rock music and songs that are crude but great pieces of art. The main character, a young girl, is always asking her mother how babies are made, but her mother lies to her and she never finds out the truth. Since she does not know, she has sex with a boy in her class and gets pregnant without knowing. The mother ends up tricking her child into getting an abortion, but the girl ends up dying from the surgery. There is also suicide and masturbating on stage (not actual) and the songs are full of cuss words. I was well aware of how crude the show was before going and had seen the show before, but at the end of the show a man came up to my friend and I and joked saying, "They should check IDs on the next show." It somewhat offended me and although I laughed it off I thought, "you're ridiculous." There is clearly a gap between what the older generation and younger generation feel is appropriate, but come on the girl playing one of those roles just graduated from high school and she has been watching this show for a straight year! Not to mention the music from the show is available to any age. It was somewhat of a compliment, and yet a rude remark at the same time. Art is something that should be shared with anyone and everyone, and although the man was kidding it made me think of how his comment related to the show we just saw. Society shelters kids from certain things thinking kids are not mature enough, but the truth is that some kids are mature enough and knowledge is not a sin.
I completely agree with what you’re saying. I feel that adults still often see us as children even when the law says we are adults. I know there have been numerous times when adults have said things to me like I’m a child. It’s frustrating when they don’t seem to respect you, because you’re a young adult. Plus, I don’t think older generations understand the media that was around us growing up. We are apart of the MTV generation that brought many issues to us at a younger age. I feel as though we matured sooner than older generations.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you too. The older generation seems to coddle us and treat us like we have not seen or have had a lot of experiences before. I know that we may look young but with all the exposure to the Internet and generations being exposed to more difficult new and harsh realities. I also feel we have grown up faster.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Tyler has said before me, in that our generation has grown up in a different way than those preceding us. I know that my grandmother, and even mother, grew up in a much more rigid environment. What was not socially acceptable then, is often now considered perfectly normal. This also can be attributed to the increase of technology in our lives. Growing up with the availability of such technology, it is harder to monitor what children are exposed to. Therefore, children are seeing and hearing things online, on TV, and in music, at a much earlier age than our parents or grandparents ever did. Whether this is impairing society or not, it is an evident truth.
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