Scratch the surface
I had been to a play that was adapted from the very popular movie 12 Angry Men. This play was obviously adapted to Indian context. 12 jurors contemplate if an 18 year old boy form the slums was guilty or not,of murdering his father.
Each juror contemplated from his/her viewpoint. The social inequality- after all he was a slum boy so he would have done- shone through several jurors. It was exciting to note the predictability, the emotions and the debate.
I was discussing this play and our social prejudices with a highly educated friend of mine. He said very callously, 'well what is surprising, aren't they capable? In real life if this were to happen we would judge the boy as guilty. After all a slum boy. They are like that!'
So the play reflected our mindset? Scratch the surface and the real layer is revealed is it not. After all we see the world as how we are brought up - secular, communist, capitalist, optimist, pessimist, discriminatory, comic, tragic, morose, suspicious, derogatory, rosy, e.tc .etc.
Each juror contemplated from his/her viewpoint. The social inequality- after all he was a slum boy so he would have done- shone through several jurors. It was exciting to note the predictability, the emotions and the debate.
I was discussing this play and our social prejudices with a highly educated friend of mine. He said very callously, 'well what is surprising, aren't they capable? In real life if this were to happen we would judge the boy as guilty. After all a slum boy. They are like that!'
So the play reflected our mindset? Scratch the surface and the real layer is revealed is it not. After all we see the world as how we are brought up - secular, communist, capitalist, optimist, pessimist, discriminatory, comic, tragic, morose, suspicious, derogatory, rosy, e.tc .etc.
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