Zombies Continued

The verdict is in…

and “The Hotel Of No Return,” will continue. In a resounding vote against the tyranny of oppression that hoped to prevent children from their inalienable rights to make zombie films, all but one parent signed their letters giving the children in my class the necessary permission to keep working on the film.

some parents even asked that a lesson in censorship be included in the future as part of the curriculum.

ironically, the only parent who said no is the parent to two sisters in my class who coincidentally took the same class during the first session of this summer program (while i was teaching creative writing). the film that they made last session was about…yep, you guessed it, zombies.

seems like there was no problem making a film about zombies, that is, until the parent found out that her children were making a film about zombies.

the program director called her this morning to give her the option of removing her children from the class, after telling her that we would be continuing with the film due to the other children having permission. the parent said that she wanted to discuss it with her children first before deciding.

i’m guessing the kids will still be in class tomorrrow…especially given that her children (who, while extremely well-behaved and sweet) are among the several whose suggestions have bordered on the graphic and extreme…so she probably doesn’t have to worry too much about this class corrupting their innocence.

anyways…score one for the good guys