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
i want to see some more of it, though. for iris white, the playwright, it was the first time he had seen a performance of it, and he was really happy. so it was, you know, like the greatest day of his life. but white s elation was not to last. the day ended in bitter disappointment. and then an hour later he got into a fight in the yard and got busted and sent back to the shu. so it shows how fast things can fall apart, even when things are going good, prison can take it all away from you. it s the law, for every action there s a reaction. so i can relate to macbeth, you know, by the choices he made, you know, he predicted his punishment. some of us made mistakes, our choices was mistakes. and now we paying for it.
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
i like it. they did good. i want to see some more of it, though. for iris white, the playwright, it was the first time he had seen a performance of it, and he was really happy. you know, it was like the greatest day of his life. but white s elation was not to last. the day ended in bitter disappointment. and then an hour later, he got in a fight in the yard and got busted and got sent back to the shu. so it just shows how fast things can fall apart even when things are going good. prison can take it all away from you. it s the old law, you know? for every action, there s a reaction. so i can relate to macbeth, you know, by the choices he made predicted his punishment. some of us made mistakes. our choices was mistakes, now we re paying for them. next three dangerous individuals.
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, dancing around, these big old guys, big, you know, 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