"8": A Play about the Fight for Marriage Equality

[logan222]

I'm sure we've all heard about California's Proposition 8 being overturned by the courts. The Defendants of this case did a really good job with ensuring that footage of the case would not be aired or distributed.

Thankfully, however, the contents of this case were turned into a play that was broadcast live on YouTube this past Saturday. Who was in the play? Oh, just some little-known actors and actresses that include the likes of:

Brad Pitt
George Clooney
Jamie Lee Curtis
Christine Lahti
Matthew Morrison (Glee)
Matt Bomer (Chuck)
Chris Colfer (Glee)
Jane Lynch (Glee)
Kevin Bacon
George Takei (Star Trek)
John C. Riley
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)
Yeardley Smith (voice of Lisa Simpson)
Campbell Brown

and many more...

You can watch the play here:

Here's the link if the video doesn't show up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUG8F9uVgM

I personally loved it! I thought it was going to be boring because it's a play that is exclusively in the courtroom, but it is a very entertaining and emotional play. I teared up a few times, especially with Christine Lahti's character. It's so touching that so many A-listers are on board to make such a bold statement about marriage inequality.

Has anyone else here seen this? Heard of this?

 

[Haplo]

I had heard of it, but not much, I tend to use news sites based in my own country, so the coverage was barely existing...

I did miss the broadcasting of the play, so I'll watch it as soon as I have the time, thanks for the link!

 

[slimjim]

And President Jed Bartlett too!!!!... sorry Martin Sheen (I'm just a huge, huge West Wing fan :thumbs up::rofl

 

[slimjim]

Just watched this... fascinating stuff and well worth the watch:thumbs up:. The duration looks like just over 2 hrs but it's actually about 1hr 25 mins as when you hit "skip ahead to start" it jumps to the 29 min mark and the last 6 or 7 mins are stage announcments/cast introductions etc

 

[slimjim]

As one of the lawyers explains - the defendants team have been successful so far in preventing the public from seeing the video tapes of the trial and what went on in court and that if they had failed it would have been broadcast on a minority cable channel, and probably not seen by many people... but this attampt at censorship prompted this stage play, and thanks to it being live streamed and available to "watch on demand" on Y.Tube the current tally is 477,677 views.