By Darryl Mason
Okay, it's not Bye Bye Birdie or Hello Dolly!, but why isn't Scarface a good morality play for kids?
Sure he flies high, but Tony Montana pays dearly for his crimes.
The peak of success sees him become a prisoner in his own home, crippled by paranoia, under constant pressure from dirty cops and politicians, hated by his wife, he ends up estranged from his mother, killing his best friend, watching his beloved sister die and then losing his own life.
How is any of that a positive message about drugs and breaking the law?
Besides, this is seriously fudging funny, hypnotically surreal. The kids did an excellent job. They should feel proud.
I suppose the dead silence of the audience registers how shocking it must have been to see, particularly if you did not know what the school play this year was going to be.
The kids did an excellent job. They should feel proud.
Sadly, it will be hard for them to ignore the expected hysterical media reaction, particularly from the likes of Fox News and the Murdoch tabloidia, that will explode all around them.
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