My wife and I haad tickets to see "The Good Faith" at the LaMaMa Playhouse in New York last nite. It was an "artsy" downtown theater production. Having been tailored for a broad audience, it did not mention the name "Jehovah" once. But for those of us in the audience who were real x JWs ( not actors), it was "unmistakably" the patchwork of our previous lives---with door to door service, issues of saluting the American Flag, love, marriage, commitee meetings, crooked elders and the big disfellowshipping. We all know the drill. The underlying message was one of love. Love each other. That message clearly rang through.
I suspect the the real essence of this show, can only be appreciated by those who really lived it. Who else could possibly understand? The actors were good, and after meeting them at a post theater reception, we congratulated them on their performances and asked them if they really understood the "mind control" they were acting out. The leading lady said she did some research. I did not ask her if she studied with a witness or went door to door. The performances did capture the initial joy of " recieving the good news" and the later anguish and dissapointment of the sad "truth".
Our second big treat for the evening was meeting Joy ( Joy2bfree) and Steve (Jst2laws) and their friends Dorian and Bruce for pre theater dinner. After reading their posts; it was great to meet them in person. It really was like being among old friends ( no pun intended).
It is comforting to know that with our very unique experiences with being X JWs, we all have each other for support and encouragement. This forum has done us all a wonderful service in bringing us all together.
Looking forward to doing this again.
Frank