[NEohioPAL] Review of "Boy" at none too fragile

[Bob Abelman]

The only thing missing from none too fragile’s ‘Boy’ is a good play



Bob Abelman

Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal

Member, International Association of Theatre Critics



Male circumcision among newborns is an ancient ritual for Jews and Muslims that has become a wide-spread public health measure in the U.S., Britain and other nations regardless of religion or culture.  



So common is this practice since World War II that little attention is paid to the surgical procedure until something goes terribly awry and a play is written about it.  



Anna Ziegler’s 85-minute “Boy,” on stage at none too fragile, is based on the life of David Reimer who, in 1965 at 8 months of age, became the unwitting subject of sex reassignment surgery, hormone treatment and psychological therapy after his penis was all but obliterated during a botched circumcision.  On the advice of a renowned sex researcher at Johns Hopkins University, David was raised by his parents as a girl.  



It didn’t take.



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