Actor Training In A Politically Correct Environment By Jack Young
In a world where saying and doing the right thing are heavily scrutinized by those in the Politically Correct movement, those in theatre education often have a hard time navigating the ever-changing landscape of verbiage and correctness. Theatre is a diverse landscape of people and cultures this often means people with colliding views will have to intercept at some time. Although when these misspoken words and actions come to light the modern mob mentality takes over instead of calm collected time to educate those who did not say the Politically Correct thing in these often turbulent times. In the essay, “Actor Training in a Politically Correct Environment” by Jack Young, he discusses the rise of the Politically Correct movement and incidents
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An example where those on the side of being Political Correct where they are in the right is an instance at The University of Connecticut. A student posted a sign on their dorm door saying those who possessed certain traits would be “shot on site”. Violence concerning those who did not fit their frame work of a “regular person” is obviously a real threat and not just people being aggressive because someone misspoke. This student actively decided this would be an appropriate sign to post and proper action was taken. An example I feel that was the student not understanding the trade they are entering and blowing the situation out of proportion is the example on page 4 of the essay. A student complained that their director was “harassing” her, due to giving notes to the actress for her to improve her work as she had been reprimanded repeatedly when contributing poor work during the rehearsal periods. This is a perfect example of how communication could become invaluable during times when just speaking to others about their anger and discontent could literally save someone's career...or destroy it. In these times an ill-timed “joke” with the wrong verbiage could cause someone to never be hired again, especially in one such as theatre where connections are
An example where those on the side of being Political Correct where they are in the right is an instance at The University of Connecticut. A student posted a sign on their dorm door saying those who possessed certain traits would be “shot on site”. Violence concerning those who did not fit their frame work of a “regular person” is obviously a real threat and not just people being aggressive because someone misspoke. This student actively decided this would be an appropriate sign to post and proper action was taken. An example I feel that was the student not understanding the trade they are entering and blowing the situation out of proportion is the example on page 4 of the essay. A student complained that their director was “harassing” her, due to giving notes to the actress for her to improve her work as she had been reprimanded repeatedly when contributing poor work during the rehearsal periods. This is a perfect example of how communication could become invaluable during times when just speaking to others about their anger and discontent could literally save someone's career...or destroy it. In these times an ill-timed “joke” with the wrong verbiage could cause someone to never be hired again, especially in one such as theatre where connections are