Thomas's school play

For the past week or so, Thomas has been furiously working on a play--writing it, printing up several copies for his cast mates, collecting all props necessary for the filming, and arranging times to film the play which didn't conflict with his many after school activities (he has had 3 or 4 concerts a week during the past month). While I sat in the car for 20 or 30 minutes after school, he was inside an empty classroom filming this most mysterious event which he would not discuss with us. Finally, after at least 5 film sessions, he declared the work complete (though he admitted he wasn't satisfied with it because he was "rushed") and set to the editing work. Here is the final piece:

The class is World Literature, and they are discussing Greek Plays, and the kids had to pick Comedy or Tragedy. They then had to write up a modern take on the Greek style, using the Greek chorus and such. Thomas picked Comedy, though he said all the other groups picked Tragedy, interestingly. Here is the Bloopers reel. As usual, Thomas strains to contain his frustration with the dunderheads he must work with. (The Blog seems to cut half the screen off - if you're having trouble, just go here to Thomas's YouTube channel.) They had their film viewings in class today. The class gave out "awards" in various categories: a screenwriting award for best script, a best film for the best over all film, and an award to the best actor and best actress. This film (which Thomas regards as "his" because the other kids involved did very little work) received the Best Film award and Thomas received the Best Actor award. I can certainly see why he got that when compared to his film mates, but not having seen the other films, I don't know how his performance compared to the other boys in the class. I have always said he should join in the Flint Youth Theatre which is an acting group connected with the FIM but he has always claimed to not have an interest in acting or film. I think he is sorely kidding himself.