Spring Awakening Help

[coolkid11776]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 3:57pm

How do I convience my mom that Spring Awakening is ok for me to see I'm almost 16. What's in that is considered "bad" ? I've seen RENT so I'm thinking how bad could it be

Thanks for your help

[coolkid11776]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 4:40pm

bump

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 4:42pm

Okay, let me start by saying that I am in the exact same boat that you are. I want to see Spring Awakening VERY BAD, and I've been debating on ways to ask my mom to let me go. This is the course of action I've decided upon. First. Have you read the play? I would suggest doing that, so you know exactly what you're getting into. Then, when your mom is in a particularly good mood, casually ask her if she would consider letting you go. If she says no, ask her if she could go see it and see if it's really that inappropriate. If you get a we'll see, which everybody knows usually means no, walk away and don't push it. Or, if you're daring, cut your losses and give her the full synopsis, leaving nothing out. That'll tell her she can trust you. And then tell her that Spring Awakening adresses issues that are important for teenagers to talk about and if you wait to go see it the time where the play could have taught you something will have passed. And, no matter what, resist the urge to beg and grovel because that will just show her that you're immature. Hope I helped!

Updated On: 8/6/07 at 04:42 PM

[coolkid11776]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 4:44pm

Thank you for your help where can I get a copy of the play?

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 4:45pm

I had to order it off Amazon.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 4:46pm

I've seen the play available at some bookstores. If they don't have a copy, they can order one for you.

Your local library may also have it. If not, you can probably request it through an inter-library loan, or they can order it for you.

Online websites, such as Amazon.com, also may sell it.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 4:47pm

The library?

[silversurfer2]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 4:48pm

Hi-
There is Questionable material in the show. Some partial nudity and Adult content which includes, masturbation,abortion, a song about child abuse etc. The partial nudity is not a big deal, depending on where you sit. The warning is for children 13 & under. Good Luck!

[winter_sky]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 4:48pm

It really depends on how strict and conservative your mother is. I was at Altar Boyz and there was a woman from the south sitting behind me and she was complaining about how her kids wanted to see SA and that there was no way since it was "RENT times 10".

In terms of RENT vs. Spring Awakening in terms of how "bad" it is.

In both RENT and SA you see a tushy. In SA you also see breasts, simulated sex, simulated masturbation. They both deal with homosexuality, death and suicide. SA also deals with parental molestation, s+m and parental neglect.

I think 16 is definitely old enough to see SA, you are older than the characters in the show. I hate to be trite but one of the messages in the show is to not make sex this horrible thing no one talks about and it shows what happens because of ignorance.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 4:49pm

SA isn't necessarily "bad," it just deals with a lot of sensitive and controversial issues.

[jg4892]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 4:52pm

Tell her there are people your age in the show.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 4:56pm

Yeah, but there are sixteen-year-olds in rehab and jail, too!

[Marlene]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 4:57pm

There are plenty thread like this if you run a search, however, the potentially questionable material that comes up is...

~language (?, it's not particularly terrible. there is a song titled "totally f*cked")
~simulated masturabation, there's a scene devoted to it, and argueably some of the choreography in other numbers
~the haylot sex scene that closes the first act (depending where you are sitting you'll get some tits and ass)
~mentions of child abuse/molestation
~mentions of suicide
~the beating scene

Read the play if you want to know more.

Unless you have terribly conservative parents, I can't really see them having a heart attack over the show. Most, if not all of it, is tastefully done.

[jg4892]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 5:02pm

Well the characters are your age. Really, you not being allowed to see it goes against the point of the show. Tell her that.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 5:14pm

jg, that kind of argument doesn't always work. I remember the utter irony of my parents not letting me see Footloose (the movie) for whatever reason they had...the irony being it's about a PK (preacher's kid) who's not supposed to dance, and I was a PK not allowed to see the movie about the PK not allowed to dance.

Personally I think all the "not allowed to watch" thing just leads to a let down when you DO see it. Granted I felt that way about SA anyway, but...

[jg4892]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 5:19pm

Were you not allowed to watch it jordangirl? Well it's worth a shot. If your mom doesn't let you watch it, it's too bad that she's that overprotective. It's art, you're 16, you should be allowed to see it.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 5:38pm

SA? I'm 36 now. I watch what I want.

As for Footloose I finally got to see it in college. And wondered what all the fuss was about.

[jg4892]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 5:39pm

Haha oh my mistake. Yeah, I know what you mean though.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 5:40pm

Not a problem. :)

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 5:44pm

Well, I'm 13 and I bought tickets for my mom and me to go see it... I never told her what shows we're seeing... so she doesn't know... I think she'll be fine with it, though. She said it looks interesting and wants to see the Tony winner. But, that's just me. I don't think she'll like it very much, but it's my decision. As for you, I don't see why a 16 year old wouldn't be aloud to see it. After all, It is a COMING OF AGE musical, just tell her that. If I were you, I would just sit down with her and tell her that you really want to see it and discuss with her that it's a rare oppurtunity to see a great art.

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 6:40pm

My dad didn't want me to see it either and I told him that this is exactly what the show is about. Teenagers who's parents shelter them from the information they need to know. Because this information is withheld from them and knowing that these things exist is "sinful" us teenagers get in trouble over something the parents could have easily prevented. My dad let me and doesn't really care that I love the show as long as I don't try and get him to see it.

[hermionejuliet]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 7:58pm

I think an honest and open conversation about the show is what is in the show, and this includes the teen that bought the tickets for her/his mom without telling her what it is about. I think that if you are mature enough to discuss the show and the content of it with your parents they are far more likely to let you go or not feel uncomfortable in the theatre.

[kaitlyn2]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 8:24pm

i saw it last month.
i got my mom hooked on the music which made her want to go see it.
i knew what it was about but i didnt know about what went on on stage.
my mom and i are going to see it again.
im 15.
and if your into the show, and i mean really into it, what goes on on the stage isnt that shocking, if you get what im saying.

[kaitlyn2]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 8:24pm

i saw it last month.
i got my mom hooked on the music which made her want to go see it.
i knew what it was about but i didnt know about what went on on stage.
my mom and i are going to see it again.
im 15.
and if your into the show, and i mean really into it, what goes on on the stage isnt that shocking, if you get what im saying.

[Anakela]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 8:43pm

Well, I'm 13 and I bought tickets for my mom and me to go see it... I never told her what shows we're seeing... so she doesn't know... I think she'll be fine with it, though. She said it looks interesting and wants to see the Tony winner. But, that's just me. I don't think she'll like it very much, but it's my decision.

I was going to say oh yeah this is going to turn out well, but if your mom is not going to pay any attention to what her kid is buying tickets for, and raising a kid who thinks "I never told her what shows we're seeing...I don't think she'll like it very much, but it's my decision," then maybe she deserves to see Spring Awakening.

Sorry, I just compare your response to GlindatheGood22 earlier in this thread, who apparently has put a lot of thought and research and whatnot into being allowed to see it- GG22, if you were my kid I would totally let you go. :)