I get your point, dramamama611. Your students were open-minded enough to see it from a different perspective, and even open enough to try it themselves. Kids are like that. By the time they reach adulthood, not so much. They close off.
That's why I think all of those Disney animated musicals and a few of the projects (like Hairspray or High School Musical) that are accepted and even aimed at younger audiences get them to open their minds at an early age. If they can get that far, the suspension of disbelief gets easier and often (not always) transfers into adulthood.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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