It
is more than just Pope Francis’s recent condemnation of Roman Catholic
church officials who covered up child sexual abuse that makes Doubt, A
Parable more relevant than ever. So does the disturbing spectacle of
individuals passing judgment based not on knowledge, but unfettered
emotion through social media, most recently in the torrent of online
Muslim-bashing.
The potentially destructive impact of such blind conviction that, at its worst, is tantamount to what went during the McCarthy witchhunts and other historical blemishes, is at the core of John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. It’s a powerful piece that, despite a successful run on Broadway, is probably best known because of the 2013 movie version starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
http://www.timescolonist.com/doubt-s-witchhunt-atmosphere-is-pertinent-today-1.2116742
The potentially destructive impact of such blind conviction that, at its worst, is tantamount to what went during the McCarthy witchhunts and other historical blemishes, is at the core of John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. It’s a powerful piece that, despite a successful run on Broadway, is probably best known because of the 2013 movie version starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
http://www.timescolonist.com/doubt-s-witchhunt-atmosphere-is-pertinent-today-1.2116742