>> Thought I'd share a perspective from the
>> Entertainment Industry
>>
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>> Dear Guardians of my sanity,
>>
>> Today I was supposed to start the fall semester,
>> teaching sex education at
>> NYU/CAP21. I woke up around eight, started the
>> coffee, smacked around the kids,
>> showered.
>>
>> Then all hell broke loose.
>>
>> We all watched in horror as our country was shaken
>> to its core.
>>
>> School was canceled, of course.
>>
>> My students were jumping up and down cheering, "AWESOME! A day off!!"
>> So now I sit here wondering how I will walk into
>> class in the coming days and
>> demonstrate condom usage with a banana
>> when the
>> world is still making little red, white, and blue ribbons to wear around, and will be for a
>> long time to come. Is there a place for musical
>> comedy now? How about "Annie?" "Oklahoma?" How can there
>> be? How can we tell dirty jokes now? How can we SING?
>>
>> Then I was reminded of something my most beloved
>> mentor once said to me.
>>
>> At the end of W.W.II, one of the first types of
>> buildings to be rebuilt in
>> Europe were the brothels. The morale of the people
>> was held at a high
>> premium. A place to congregate and leave behind the
>> tensions and strife of
>> the day was of utmost importance to the fabric of
>> society. At a time of
>> strife what WE do becomes VERY IMPORTANT. We are the
>> morale officers in this
>> crisis. We are the guardians of light when the
>> darkness is creeping closer.
>>
>> We need a place where we can see the Abba musical! So let's bring the Abba musical and everything else to the masses! Everyone should see Evita at least 50 >> more times at $50 a ticket!
>> So sing my darlings. Sing your hearts out. Sing "Don't Cry for me Argentina" in the shower.
>> Annoy your co-workers with "I Write the Songs" while in the break room. SING WITH A
>> PURPOSE. Make one person a day smack you with his or her pocketbook in irritation
>> and we will win the war.
>>
>> Don't forget to tell Bin Laden the one about the Priest and the Rabbi...
>> SING, ACT, DANCE, HONE YOUR CRAFT, KNIT AN AFGHAN (CAN WE STILL CALL THEM THAT?) COMMUNICATE YOUR
>> JOY IN MORSE CODE AND STOP THE SPREAD OF HIV.
>>ACT like you take this e-mail seriously.
>> That's how I plan to get through this. Just thought
>> I would share it with
>> you all.
>>
>> Love and PEACE,
>> David Sabella