He was probably glad he got an excuse to ban something he didn't like but couldn't stop??
-K-
> Wow. Well found. It's not just the photos that are
> interesting. The write up is very interesting. I see that
> Jim himself played the main character Baal and that there
> were problems with the nudity in the show. Was Jim nude
> too? According to the write up, he wasn't very happy when
> they had to cover up with bathing suits.
>
> From the write up:
>
> "But Steinman’s play encountered much bigger problems for
> another reason. It called for some of the actors to appear
> nude in the final scenes (collectively called “The
> Revolution in Words and Music”). Apparently, the first
> three performances at Amherst’s Kirby Theater, as well as
> the first performance at Mount Holyoke College the
> following week, featured the nudity; there were no formal
> complaints. Only on May 4, 1969, the final night of
> performance at Mount Holyoke, did South Hadley’s Chief of
> Police feel compelled to investigate. According to news
> reports in the Amherst Student (see below), it appears
> that the police didn’t ban the nudity outright or threaten
> to shut down the performance; but simply by inquiring into
> the nature of the nudity (“They say that if it’s art, it’s
> alright. Is this an art show?”), the president of the
> Mount Holyoke Dramatics Club (which was sponsoring the
> performance) was induced to urge the actors to wear
> bathing suits instead."
>
> Hee hee.
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