The Laramie Project was eye opening. Throughout the entire dialogue, I felt as if I were feeling the pain that others felt when hearing about this tragic event. The horrific degree that the true story came to was nothing less then intense. Knowing that someone had died because of who they loved, a family member, a friend, an individual, was hard to believe because you think America is a free country. This story was controversial, and parts were challenging topics that many cannot agree on an answer today.
At one point in the story, I felt sick to my stomach reading about Matthew Sheppard. The descriptions of his beating, exactly how and where, were terrifying. I tried to put myself in his shoes to even try to feel what he felt during his battle with death. Because Matthew wasn’t there to explain his emotion after the beating, it made things even worse for me when I was reading this. All of these interviews helped give me a better idea of maybe what he was feeling, like neighbors and such told how such a horrible thing this was.
On the other hand, I didn’t understand how everyone resorted to Matthews beating because he was gay. Maybe the beaters just wanted to hit someone and Matthew was the one in their sight. It was crazy to think that this story went viral and that everyone heard about it. I didn’t really enjoy the play, just because it was an overload of interviews, and almost too much opinion on one topic for me.
In conclusion, the play was okay. I didn’t feel connected to Matthew, however I did try to feel his pain in the sense that he was beaten to death and how horrible it was. The format of it all wasn’t extremely catchy to me; however it did raise a lot of different opinions which at some points, very overwhelming. Overall, this play did an exceptional job of illuminating a controversial freedom in our country.
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