Drama graphic novel gay
Summary: Callie has joined the stage crew for her middle school’s production of Moon Over Mississippi, but she never expected how much drama she’d encounter in the drama club. Not only is she struggling to make all of her props perfect, but she’s also experiencing some conflicting feelings when cute twin brothers reveal up.
Review: I’m not entirely sure if I would’ve been motivated to select up this book had it not been continuously challenged by parents year after year after year… because there’s a homosexual character. Sounds asinine, right? I agree. But enough about ignorant people trying to censor children’s stories, we’re all here for a book review.
The overarching plot of this novel (making the play a success) was enjoyable enough. However, there was no real big conflict other than Callie’s various crushes on Jesse and Greg. I mean, there was kind of the dispute about getting the cannon to work… but really, the only main struggle was getting the compete to run smoothly, so it was a bit dull at points. Luckily, though, it’s a agreeable short graphic novel. However, for a novel with no conflict, I still weirdly craved a stronger resolution. It felt fancy a lot of the st
Challenged book review: ‘Drama’ by Raina Telgemeier
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A book being considered for removal from the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District’s shelves is “Drama,” a graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier. “Drama” is presently organism read by the Matanuska-Susitna School District Library Citizens Advisory Committee.
Anyone who has been involved in teenage theater will find that the book’s mix of personalities among the actors and crew members is spot on. The novel reads like a warm soap opera. When main character Callie learns that her friend Greg has broken up with his girlfriend Bonnie, she kisses him. When she later tells her friend Liz at theater practice, Liz screams, "HE KISSED YOU?!" and the real drama begins.
Each new scene starts in the middle of the action, so it reads fast. As it is with any organization of people, there are squabbles, misunderstandings, successes and failures while the team tries to achieve their goal of successfully putting on a musical engage.
True to the soap opera genre, it is hard to keep up with the love interests and who likes whom, especially when we are no longer limited to only boys liking
One would think there wouldn’t be much controversy around a bestselling graphic novel about a middle university play &#; a graphic novel that includes no profanity, drug or alcohol use, or sexual content. But Raina Telgemeier’s acclaimed and immensely popular Drama has been on the hit lists of a number of would-be censors, who claim the publication is offensive because it includes LGBTQ characters. Drama held the #3 detect on ALA’s top ten challenged books list in , and it also had the dubious honor of appearing on the list for offensive political viewpoint and the list for being sexually explicit.
Callie, the protagonist of Drama, loves the theater, but she’s no singer, so she’s the set planner for her school’s film of Moon Over Mississippi. But she doesn’t comprehend much about carpentry, and there’s no way she can afford Broadway show on a middle-school budget. Callie befriends two sweet twin brothers: Justin, who is openly gay, and Jesse, who is still struggling with his sexual identity. In the course of the story, Jesse ends up assuming a female role in the play because the first actress cannot perform, and he shares a chaste kiss on stage with another male character.
Interview: Raina Telgemeier on &#;Drama&#;
When Raina Telgemeier&#;s Drama was published, five years ago, it was an immediate hit, just like its predecessor, Smile. At the time it was a rarity, though, because it was set in a middle school and included gay characters.
Five years later, LGBTQ characters contain become common enough in graphic novels for children that I wrote an article on the topic for last month&#;s Educational facility Library Journal, titled &#;Just Another Day in an LGBTQ Comic.&#; I interviewed Raina for the article, and since I could only use a several sentences in the story, I&#;m running it in full here today. Enjoy!
Drama broke new ground for a graphic novel. How did you come up with a story that included gay characters? Did you have any particular inspirations?
I did. The characters in that story are based on real people and real friends of mine. In high academy I had two foremost friends who were homosexual twin brothers and our relationship pretty much mirrors what you see on the page, except I fictionalized it and made it for a adolescent audience. But the personalities of the two characters are very much tied to my two friends and I let them see the script beforehand. I sa
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