Sunday,
November 12, 2006
Sam Rotolo Disappointing
Response on Fuggedaboudit, Anti Italian Bigotry
The
ANNOTICO Report
As I've mentioned
before, Rotolo Middle School will be presenting a play entitled Fuggedaboudit,
subtitled a little mobster comedy, that will be performed on Nov.17
and 18 by the Bada Bing Players, obviously inspired by the HBO
series, "The Sopranos", the play's plot involves characters with
ITALIAN last names who are Mobsters running an ITALIAN restaurant while
under surveillance by the FBI. They speak ungrammatical English with heavy
Sam Rotolo was
approached by the Press and OSIA for his comments on this
"situation".
I was disappointed
by Sam Rotolo's response. Yes, he was
obviously in a "difficult" predicament.
In
The authoring of an
Anti Italian Play, and then it's Performance..... What
is he to say????
If he justifiably
criticizes the Play, he might be considered an "ingrate" by the
District Administration, disloyal to "his" School, make the Kids feel
bad, and shed a "bad light" on the Author.
There is NO DOUBT in my
mind that the School District Offices in anticipation of
Press contact, were in touch with Sam Rotolo
BEFORE he made ANY Comment to Anybody, to discuss what his Response
should be.
(1) Notice
that Rotolo says: "As a former school
administrator, I will stick with the teacher"
(2) Further he
said. "I know him.(referring to the
teacher/author) He's a very fine young man, and he wouldn't do anything
detrimental to the students."
A fine YOUNG man??? Sam, you retired in 1989, 17 years ago !!!!! How long/well did you know Myers before
you retired ???
(3)
..."Wouldn't do anything Detrimental to the Students"???
Maybe NOT Intentionally, But Possibly BAD Judgement.
After
all, even though Teachers have the "Molding" of Kids in their Hands,
Education Majors in College are Not Geniuses.
Neither
are Aspiring Actors. Therefore you have the Perfect Storm of Stupidity.
(4)
Also Consider the Possibility that it Looks
Suspiciously like he is EXPLOITING these Kids in order to
"Showcase" his Play!!!!!
I Quote:
Matt Myers, the teacher -- of drama communications -- who wrote
"Fuggedaboudit" with two things in mind --
teaching the kids about stereotypes and making sure there were a lot of
characters in it.
(5)
"Teaching the Kids about Stereotypes" ??? Does
this mean Teaching How to be a Bigot,....instead
of Teaching the Detriments of Stereotyping??? PLEASE !!!
This is merely another "Shark's Tale". Poisoning little
minds!!!!!!
I Quote:
"We would always find a play with a lot of characters to get as many kids
involved as possible," Rotolo said.
(6)
"Get as many kids involved as possible" ??? A
Sopranos "knockoff" is the ONLY Play that provides sufficient number
of roles?? Do you realize how galatically
inane that sounds????
Sam, you
did the Politic Thing, NOT the Right Thing!!!!!!
You could
have said. He's a Nice Young Man, But this is a
Mistake. Not something I would have Encouraged.
I'm
considering dedicating an Outhouse to you. The only question is where to locate
it. Perhaps in Front of the School ??
SCHOOL PLAY RILES ITALIAN AMERICANS
But spoof
OK with Sicilian ex-principal
By Steve
Lord
Herald
News
November
11, 2006
Sam
Rotolo saw plenty of controversy in his 23 years as
principal of the middle school in
His ability to deal with
those situations with a cool head is one reason the facility now is called
And he has kept his cool
the last few weeks despite getting lots of calls from people wanting to know
what he thinks about "Fuggedaboudit,"
subtitled "A Little Mobster Comedy," this year's Rotolo
fall play. The production has come under criticism from the Order Sons of Italy
in
The Order Sons of Italy
has contacted Rotolo because he is 100 percent
Sicilian.
"As a former school
administrator, I will stick with the teacher," he said. "I know him.
He's a very fine young man, and he wouldn't do anything detrimental to the
students."
The teacher -- of drama
communications -- is Matt Myers, who wrote "Fuggedaboudit"
with two things in mind -- teaching the kids about stereotypes and making sure
there were a lot of characters in it.
"We would always find
a play with a lot of characters to get as many kids involved as possible,"
Rotolo said.
The play -- set for Nov.
17 and 18 -- involves reformed ex-mobsters doing good deeds that are
misunderstood. It's a spoof whose message is that stereotypes and outside
appearances don't tell the whole story, school officials said.
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