I went and saw a play written by a Cedar Rapids local today at Theatre Cedar Rapids. It was Revolution:1963-1973. The first act was awesome. It focused on the politics and historic highlights of the era. It was typical stuff the media focuses on when they look at that time frame: Kennedy's assassination, Vietnam, Civil Rights. They covered it in a series of little sketches accompanied by three screens with images and photography of the time. It was very well acted and well written. Throughout was various music from the time played by a band sitting behind the screen. The second act, was not so good. The band moved to the front and played covers of popular music while the cast sang. There were some short sketches between the songs that served to glorify the increase of drug abuse and decrease of intelligence in the counterculture movement, rather then condemn it for the travesty that led to the conservative 80's. Essentially, it was a coverband playing late 60's early 70's music interspersed with some sketches containing bad drug jokes and pop culture reference.

violet sent me here. What a wonderful representation why people don't take protests seriously. I honestly agree with everything this commentator says. I especially like his commentary on the Che Guevara backpack alongside the "War is Murder" pin.

It's sad but I don't think there can really be a successful liberal (or is it progressive now?) movement until something drastically inconveniences the masses. Like a draft for an unpopular war (like Vietnam) or massive civil rights violations that negatively effect a large percentage of the populous.

-Brandon