I have a love / hate relationship with war dramas. I love them because I could relate to them… I hate them because I could relate to them.
Confused?
Well to start, later this week I will be going to see the Opening Night of “Full Circle” out in Wheaton Drama. Typically because of my bias towards war dramas I wouldn’t go, but since so many people I know personally were a part of the production, it would be a shame not to go.
So as is typically for me I started thinking of how to start my inevitable post of my thoughts of this particular show when it dawned on me…
I would not be able to create a completely unbiased opinion about a war drama. There is simply no way. It is not possible…
Why is that?
Because I am too close. Sure I may be a generation off, but by all respects I am technically too close to the emotions and lasting effects of what a war can do to a family, to a person, to a community that my expections for a war drama on stage (and don’t get me started about films) are crazy.