Behind The Curtain

“It doesn’t have to be true. It just has to be believed.”

Alexander Nix of Cambridge Analytica

Among the thrills of my life is our kids’ involvement in Hillsboro Players. I learn from them. Their productions change my thinking and enrich my life. Look at that image up there. Go granular. Imagine what this particular read—this particular performance—of The Wizard of Oz will yield. That’s my son Peter as The Tin Man.

The mere fact of an effort like this is an encouragement to me. Every form of thoughtfulness feels more fragile than ever, but, in the final analysis, white supremacist phantasmagoria doesn’t stand a chance against teenage dramaturgy.

Here are the details (It opens tonight) if you’d like to make the drive.

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“There was always going to be a Cambridge Analytica.”

Julian Wheatland, Emerdata Limited