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face=Georgia>The only thing missing from none too fragile’s ‘Boy’ is a good
play</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face=Georgia>Bob Abelman</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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face=Georgia>Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning
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face=Georgia>Member, International Association of Theatre
Critics</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT
face=Georgia>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.<SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT
face=Georgia>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.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT color=#333333>Anna Ziegler’s 85-minute
“Boy,” on stage at none too fragile, is based on the life of </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ">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.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On the <SPAN
style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%">advice
of a renowned sex researcher at Johns Hopkins University, </SPAN>David was
raised by his parents as a girl.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT
face=Georgia>It didn’t take.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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more of this article, go to </SPAN></I><SPAN
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