Act Two (The Play's the Thing)

Returning to our theatre adventure in Louisville, I thought today we would discuss a very interesting concept brought up by the second act of the play I recently attended.

As the story progresses and act two opens, we find that the state of the world has suddenly gone awry; and no one seems to know why. Half the city seems to have simply disappeared, leaving our characters lost and confused, and all just one day before the big wedding of the lovely daughter character is to take place.

Suddenly, our fashion designer lead enters the stage and quite matter-of-factly states that he has called all of his friends, who in turn have called all their friends, who have all decided that all the gay people of the world should simply disappear for a day and take a vacation in protest to the proposed amendment on the definition of marriage. Suddenly lawyers, doctors, accountants, dress designers, hair dressers, nurses, artist, and even our lovely maid have simply vanished.

What a novel concept. What would happen if every gay person simply disappeared for a while? Perhaps our world would suddenly become crippled. Or at least less fashionable. And how many of those people would you have never suspected of being of certain sexual persuasion when it happened? Perhaps a next-door neighbor, the cashier at the grocery store? Your favorite movie star. The vice-mayor? Maybe your own brother or sister, father or mother. I'm sure there would be at least one surprise.

I think that what it would prove (besides that you can't tell just by looking most of the time) is that we are all interdependent on each other in this world, regardless of our sexual orientation (or age or race or anything else for that matter). As independent as we like to think we are, we wouldn't make it in the world without each other. Our food, our money, our friends, our homes. All of it depends in some way or part on someone else in this world. So what's the point in hating or discriminating. We need each other no matter what. So get over it, and enjoy your life instead of filling it with hate. There are enough problems in the world.