Soo-Jin's Response to "Elephant's Graveyard" (Final)

George & Erica...you guys have worked so hard this semester and it has been a pleasure to watch you work ur magic and be a participant in ur process during class. Thank you.

Affirmations:

I like how the strongman waxes poetic at the end. Moves me. Just 'cause he's the last person I'd expect that from.

I like the new cut you made and shared with us in class of the "peanut" townsperson mentioning the lynching at the end. I like how he explains things simply but profoundly. Direct and honest. I like that a lot. And I agree with others who mentioned in class that the "fire" rumor steals a bit of thunder from the lynching subject.

I enjoyed all the cuts you made and some edittings you made (You had new lines dispersed here and there) in the New Works Festival draft. Loved them.

Questions: (not necessarily asking for these questions to be answered in the play. just some new questions that popped into my head)

(1) Were there black people at the lynching? I guess peanut guy was there. I wonder if there were others. If they were there, I'm curious if they were there to support Mary's hanging or not.

(2) Did anybody mourn Red's death?

(3) What would a lawyer (a townsperson) think of Mary's hanging? Ludicrous or necessary?

Opinions:

I really loved Daniel's comment on how Elephant's Graveyard sheds light on the history of American violence. I request it to be written up in the program even only 'cause it's so huge. And perhaps people would get it but not everyone might.

EG is a moving play that hits you in the guts. Bravo to you both!