inmate iris white had completed a 3 1/2 year shu term, and had been transferred to general population. he was allowed to return to the shu to finish his work on the script. now he gets to join this group of general population inmates, who will bring the script to life. it was really funny, because some of the inmates were playing witches in macbeth, kind of dancing around, these big old guys, big, dangerous, scary-looking guys going whoo! [ laughter ] an all-male cast is something we need to get accustomed to. we re not used to it. the population isn t used to seeing them playing women, and yet that s the way shakespeare s plays were originally done. you hags have overstepped
summation in the final verdict, you are nothing, mr. baker, but a pebble in the pond. you are nothing but poor white trash. all my life i was a bad boy. i look back and i see all the stupid mistakes that i made, and i see the young people that are here at this prison, and i hear all the stories because i listen, and i think to myself, you do not know how fortunate you are. you re going out there with another chance. whether it s five years, ten years or what. you re getting another chance. i ll never get that chance. i would give my leg, my arm, for that chance. i m never going get it. i m going to die right here. clean the front, all that grass out in front. it s fun to break the law and dance with the devil, but, see, when you got to pay the fiddler, it ain t nothing nice. trust me. i m living it. i m living it. when it comes to serving hard time, white trash baker is hardly alone. myself, i got 35 to life, on
i m from the hood, you know, not to separate the hood from anything. shakespeare was something, you know, i never thought i would experience in my life. you know, since i came in contact with shakespeare, i see a lot of those parallels that correlate with urban life. essentially macbeth and the rest of the characters are committing either immoral, unethical or criminal acts. where we would say criminal acts, right? of course, that s what we re in here for, committing criminal acts. so it s made me more introspective. the sky has the residue of sunlight, but it fades away like butter on cornbread. macbeth is getting rid of them. that s how he keep his hands clean. he s going to have the lower ranking ones do the job for him so he don t have to. just days before our shoot, inmate iris white had completed a 3 1/2-year shu term and had
bow down and acknowledge my heights. by magical words, i shall give the illusion of spirit with much nerve. as the actors were performing, i looked over my shoulder and i noticed iris was silently reciting every word of the play. so i focused my camera on him and i thought it was pretty cool that he was getting to see his own words coming to life and enjoying it so much. all he s known in belief, he shall bury it. i tell you, hags, that this [ applause ] this is the first time i seen it when he was speaking, i knew everything, i knew the words as he was saying it, right? it s crazy to hear it. to see the words come to life. make you want to continue to do it. like art imitates life. oh, man, that looked good.
been transferred to general population. he was allowed to return to the shu to finish his work on the script. now, he gets to join this group of general population inmates who will bring the script to life. it was really funny, because some of the inmates were playing witches in macbeth, dancing around, these big old guys, dangerous, scary-looking guys, going whoo! an all-male cast is something that we need to get accustomed to. we re not used to it. the population here isn t used to seeing them playing women. and yet that s the way shakespeare s plays were originally done. you have overstepped your authority. what an awesome sight.