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Posted on 06/22/2006 5:21:04 PM PDT by Alouette
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A play about an American human rights activist who died in the Gaza Strip opens in New York in October, six months after it was pulled from the schedule at another theater amid charges of censorship.
"My Name is Rachel Corrie" is a one-woman show based on diaries and e-mails written by the 23-year-old U.S. human rights campaigner killed by an Israeli bulldozer on March 16, 2003, trying to prevent demolition of a Palestinian building.
Producers Dena Hammerstein and Pam Pariseau said in a statement on Thursday the play would open at the off-Broadway Minetta Lane Theater on October 15, for a limited run to November 19.
The play, directed by Alan Rickman, was a hit in London and was due to open in March at the New York Theater Workshop.
But weeks before opening night, the theater said it was postponed after discussions with people in the arts, "religious leaders" and "representatives of the Jewish community."
Rickman accused the theater of censorship, and the decision sparked heated debate about freedom of speech in the arts.
Corrie has long been a controversial figure, with critics accusing her of naivete and not giving equal weight to Israeli victims of Palestinian attacks, and supporters praising her for defending Palestinian civilians.
An Israeli investigation concluded her death was an accident. Corrie's aunt, Cheryl Broderson, said the family disputes that and is urging the U.S. government to demand an independent investigation into her death, arguing there are discrepancies in the Israeli report.
Broderson said the family was "absolutely ecstatic" the play would be seen in New York.
The play was edited from Corrie's own words and includes stories from Corrie's childhood through her time in Gaza.
"We were never going to paint Rachel as a golden saint or sentimentalize her, but we also needed to face the fact that she'd been demonized," Rickman said in the statement.
"We wanted to present a balanced portrait. The activist part of her life is absolutely matched by the imaginative part of her life. I've no doubt at all that had she lived, there would have been novels and plays pouring out of her."
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They need to change the title-"My name is moron..."
Surely they can't be talking about THIS girl...
Have to laugh that the credit on that photo from the website is Reuters. They know what she really was but refuse to call that.
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my name is usefull idiot you mean...
I heard that the play starts out great but falls flat at the end.
tooo funny... 8^)
Didn't seem to hurt Reuters at the time... ;-) Well, there was that minor war thing, too... :-) Funny how they went flat once they started to yell Quagmire!, eh?
Flat as a pancake, so to speak. LOL.
There...much better, eh?
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