I realized that I did not publicize November's Vet Art Project Workshop, and for that I apologize. We had a fantastic reading of Tim "Kimo" Brien's play "Green Curtain". It is a pseudo biographical (at least that is my impression) production which addresses, without any simplistic reductionism, the cultural divide between veterans and civilians. In the play you have three characters which present different points of view on the military. Tim the Air Force veteran, his friend Mike, who admires Tim but does not wholly understand military culture but is considering enlisting, and finally Nessa, Mike's liberal girlfriend/fiance who is a little naive and against the military, but still likes gets along with Tim. The play shifts between the interactions of the three main characters and flashback monologue scenes where Tim clarifies some of the exchanges. "Green Curtain" is unflinching look at the disparity in how veterans get treated. It addresses some of the shortcomings of the Veterans Affairs systems, some of the habits some veterans carry over into civilian life, and holds diametrically opposing thoughts without self-destructing.
Naturally, this was a stage reading and the play will no doubt undergo a series of rewrites. However, "Green Curtain" can only get better, in my opinion.
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