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To be clear, I was not criticizing you or your reaction to what you saw at rehearsal. You made fair points and are of course entitled to your opinion. "Scandalous" was in reference to what the letter writer--not you--called the play.

I just want everyone to be clear on the fact that there were no "hookers" in this play and there was no implication of prostitution in the Little Shop of Horrors scene or elsewhere. Neither is there any implication of it on the practice CD. It's an accusation invented out of thin air and nothing more. There should be no confusion about this.

Constructive negative feedback is one thing (believe me, the children got plenty of that during the rehearsal process), accusing little girls of acting like prostitutes is quite another. I don't see how that can do anything but produce deep hurt and shame.

I agree with you that manner in which this person addressed his concerns is unfortunate.

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