This week we went to see The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. It was very well done. It was a Holocaust story told by an eight-year-old child’s point of view. His father was an S.S. soldier and they move to the country, near a concentration camp. The boy eventually makes his way to an electric barbed wire fence and meets up with a Jewish eight-year-old boy. This PG 13 film only hints at violence, instead letting the viewer imagine for themselves what is taking place – which often can be worse than the actual events. I was surprised and moved by the ending. Although I recommend the film, it helped me realize that when we promote our period drama project, it’s important to share our messages of tolerance, and hope. Ours is a positive action adventure with a happy ending: you’ll leave the theater feeling there’s nothing you can’t do if you set your mind to it.

Twilight Side Note
When we arrived for our 7:00pm show, there was already an enormous line of young female fans camped out for the midnight premier screening of Twilight, the first of the cultish vampire series by local Arizona author Stephenie Meyer.