#big holocaust tw if anyone goes to see the play

[afrodesiaq]

saw the play indecent tonight, still processing a lot of feelings about it. im glad to have access to great jewish theatre in my city. and queer jewish theatre, that's like a double blessing.

though now i really want to see god of vengeance, the play that indecent is about - & the first broadway play (in 1923) to show a kiss between two women. i knew that one fact about the play, bc i am extremely gay and a theatre nerd, but i didn't know much else about it or how extremely jewish it was.

(eventually the whole cast was arrested for obscenity, but not entirely because of the lesbianism - the show also depicted sex workers as whole human beings with, y'know, feelings and lives and love and that was Outrageous both among nonjews who were mad about this jewish playwright writing jewish characters extremely jewishly AND among jewish people who were mad that the show had jewish sex workers & would contribute to antisemitism.)