Tuesday, March 6, 2012
VIDEO: Dustin Lance Black's Star-Studded '8' Reading through through
"8," a follow Academy Award-champion Dustin Lance Black ("Milk"), went viral on Saturday evening in the La reading through by which streamed survive YouTube which is available nowadays for viewing. Black's drama is attracted within the transcripts in the 2010 federal trial "Perry v. Schwarzenegger," in which the American Foundation for Equal Rights attempted to overturn Proposition 8 which prevents lgbt couples from engaged and getting married to in California. Several large-title stars including Kaira Pitt, George Clooney, Martin Sheen, Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison, and Chris Colfer read an changed version in the play that made its debut in the one-evening performance on Broadway last fall. Black told Entertainment Weekly he removed a couple of from the "redundant" legal arguments within the original version and developed the plaintiffs' side. He referred to, "I felt following a NY version that we preferred to understand litigants more...[so] I added more personal tales. Really, ultimately, it's the personal tales that change people minds."Make the most of Reiner directed the reading through through and, along with Black, is probably the founding board people in the American Foundation for Equal Rights, one of the primary organizations behind the Prop 8 situation together with the evening's performance. Reiner told the AP which more than 200,000 people seen the live stream. He added that Black condensed times of trial transcripts into this play because groups funding the defense of Prop 8 have effectively prevented video tracks in the 2010 federal trial from being broadcast. In February, the Nine Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, but anti-gay marriage advocates are expected to accept situation with a greater court. Watch video in the event below.
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