It is a play about a gay man in a concentration camp pretending to be Jewish because he would be treated better than if he were gay.
Years ago, I did this play Bent. Do you know that play? It's about gay people in the... Actually I have. I've heard of the play. Yeah, I don't think I can say I know it, but I know of it.
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It is a play about a gay man in a concentration camp pretending to be Jewish because he would be treated better than if he were gay.
Years ago, I did this play Bent. Do you know that play? It's about gay people in the... Actually I have. I've heard of the play. Yeah, I don't think I can say I know it, but I know of it.
It's an amazing play by Martin Sherman. And actually in a funny way, he actually kind of brought to the world's attention the fate and the lot of queer people in under Nazism.
And this is a play about a man going to a concentration camp and pretending to be Jewish because you'll get treated better if he's Jewish than if he's gay.
And it's, you know, it doesn't end well. It's a really bleak play.