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A high school boy's social life goes from zero to 100 in a matter of days.Jason is a socially-awkward star gymnast cast to play a jungle hero in the school play. He draws far more attention than he ever expected, including from a boy he had his eye on. The high school boys hope it will lead to a fulfilling romance, but an older gentleman from the community also competes for his attention.Will Jason be able to sort through his feelings fast enough to secure what’s most important to him? Or will all the distractions and newfound popularity be too much for him?Start following Jason’s adventure now.
93 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 1, 2020
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December 14, 2022
The play is the thing to catch the conscience of the loincloth.
Maybe not Shakespeare, but still a play can bring out many emotions and many skills to teach what it means to be in the world.
Casting the parts and building the roles into a team effort is always difficult. This play was much more realistic as it was written and developed by the actors and crew to be a true play that involved much of the school in its preparation and production.
The athletic looks and skills of the lead actor dressed in only a loincloth interested the audience far more than a normal play. But it taught lessons that are important to the students and the audience.
Maybe not Shakespeare, but still a play can bring out many emotions and many skills to teach what it means to be in the world.
Casting the parts and building the roles into a team effort is always difficult. This play was much more realistic as it was written and developed by the actors and crew to be a true play that involved much of the school in its preparation and production.
The athletic looks and skills of the lead actor dressed in only a loincloth interested the audience far more than a normal play. But it taught lessons that are important to the students and the audience.
January 1, 2025
Set in a high school, it's hard to believe it could take place at this time.
This is about a 1500-member high school staging a play that has a Tarzan, jungle-like topic. Key to the production is someone who could look like the Tarzan character, is comfortable wearing a loincloth, and can deliver the lines with confidence displayed on the stage.
Jason is that character, and being asked to wear the loincloth around home and other places attracts much attention as he's a gymnast and swimmer comfortable with wearing Speedos and such with his obviously very fit body.
The author ensures we know that the main character is 18.
Jason also comes out as Gay, and develops a relationship with another gymnast named Calvin. The agnst is that he's beaten up by some who did not get the lead role, and there's some uncomfortable moments preparing for the play. Calvin, a proud Black student, rescues Jason from a beating, and laments that the play has racist overtones.
The dialogue is strange at times. It does not seem to match the age of the characters, and the pacing seems out of place within other dialogue in the book.
If this book is targeted at middle and high school students, there are several topics that could be troubling without explaining that they are not normal behavior. One is that he substituted for the play's director to attend a male-only party where he was convinced to wear his loincloth, which he had on under his clothing. Clearly there was ogling, and one man takes him to a separate room where he caresses his chest. His boyfriend Calvin becomes extremely irate over this information and avoids interacting with Jason, leaving Jason very sad. Earlier, Calvin had been very upset over a male makeup technician who would be spreading oil over Jason's body backstage several times during the play.
Only when Jason shares the story about the all-male 'meeting' encounter when lamenting to the director that he has lost his boyfriend and his confidant does the director admit he had heard that story and told them there would be no more incidents like that. But, he takes him to another 'meeting' where there are more men than women to sell tickets to the play.
This is a short book, but it's packed with the story. It's a fast read, and sometimes troubling. It has his parents and his younger brother accepting that he's gay, and sending them on a weekend long camping trip.
This is about a 1500-member high school staging a play that has a Tarzan, jungle-like topic. Key to the production is someone who could look like the Tarzan character, is comfortable wearing a loincloth, and can deliver the lines with confidence displayed on the stage.
Jason is that character, and being asked to wear the loincloth around home and other places attracts much attention as he's a gymnast and swimmer comfortable with wearing Speedos and such with his obviously very fit body.
The author ensures we know that the main character is 18.
Jason also comes out as Gay, and develops a relationship with another gymnast named Calvin. The agnst is that he's beaten up by some who did not get the lead role, and there's some uncomfortable moments preparing for the play. Calvin, a proud Black student, rescues Jason from a beating, and laments that the play has racist overtones.
The dialogue is strange at times. It does not seem to match the age of the characters, and the pacing seems out of place within other dialogue in the book.
If this book is targeted at middle and high school students, there are several topics that could be troubling without explaining that they are not normal behavior. One is that he substituted for the play's director to attend a male-only party where he was convinced to wear his loincloth, which he had on under his clothing. Clearly there was ogling, and one man takes him to a separate room where he caresses his chest. His boyfriend Calvin becomes extremely irate over this information and avoids interacting with Jason, leaving Jason very sad. Earlier, Calvin had been very upset over a male makeup technician who would be spreading oil over Jason's body backstage several times during the play.
Only when Jason shares the story about the all-male 'meeting' encounter when lamenting to the director that he has lost his boyfriend and his confidant does the director admit he had heard that story and told them there would be no more incidents like that. But, he takes him to another 'meeting' where there are more men than women to sell tickets to the play.
This is a short book, but it's packed with the story. It's a fast read, and sometimes troubling. It has his parents and his younger brother accepting that he's gay, and sending them on a weekend long camping trip.
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