Censorship (blog 10)

      This year our school is performing a production of A Chorus Line. Recently we were instructed to censor almost half the show. I feel it's unfair to do that to the actors and actresses. Some people had to change almost half of their lines to something more appropriate. I don't understand why we have to do this if this musical was approved. It does contain inappropriate content, but now after the cast has rehearsed and worked very hard on how the musical was originally written they have to change a lot of the content. If they didn't like the inappropriate content they should not have approved this musical.
      In an article I read, it explains the consequences of censorship. Many parents don't want their children being exposed to profanity, but profanity is everywhere especially in works that are read or seen in school. People use profanity on an everyday basis, even these parents that object reading books that contain profanity. But, these parents are likely to use profanity around their children all the time so why is it so bad to be exposed to it at school when most of these books, films, plays, etc. are fiction? In Hamlet,Shakespeare says to the players, the purpose of drama is "to hold as 'twere, the mirror up to nature." In school we are taught many classic pieces such as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but no one objected to being taught this? Censoring may harm teachers also because it prevents them from being able to motivate or reach out to students. Censorship is a big problem in schools today. 
      I believe that censoring our production is wrong and if they don't like the content they shouldn't have approved it. 

This is a link to an article explaining censorship in schools.
http://ncac.org/resource/first-amendment-in-schools/#freespeechdem