Two Plays, Sort Of
(Continued from Thursday) A TV show is not exactly a play, but it has most of the elements of a play. Our son Luke writes TV shows, specifically, this year, scripts for the long running show Law and Order . His first script aired Wednesday, December 12,2008. Luke has written for a number of different shows over the years, but this was his first Law and Order. We taped it so we could attend Wit , and when we got home we watched his episode. As his parents, we are proud of Luke's writing accomplishments, but we also view some of what he has written with a bit of trepidation. We knew the subject of this show was going to be the exploitation of young boys for sexual purposes, not exactly a comfortable subject. We also know that he is only one person among several who will determine what appears on the screen. The show was gritty, revealing the squalidness, pettiness, and rapaciousness of the world of prostitution. We weren't quite comfortable with everything we saw. But we though