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ROBERT BERENTSEN Staff Writer
The play "The Day They Shot John Lennon" revolves
around nine New Yorkers and their feelings about John
Lennon's murder and life in general.
The story focuses on four small groups: three teen-agers,
two Vietnam Veterans, two yuppieish thirtysomethingB and
an elderly man and a black teen who live in the seme nnart
ment building. Each individual in the different groups reacts
differently to Lennon's death and has varying views on
life and the problems in it.
The three teenagers were the most personally affected
by Lennon's death. Consisting of a former couple and their
lonesome friend, the three were very remorseful for their
fallen hero. This group showed how youth puts musicians
on a pedestal and when their idol falls, they fall with him.
One teen made the comment that he felt like he was dead
too. They said Lennon was "like Christ." As sad as that is,
many teens relate to musicians and athletes more than anyone
else.
The man and woman in their thirties were the only ones
to go through Beatlemania. They said they could not go to
work because one of their last links to their adolescence had
just died. The female was genuinely sad but the man seemed
to tell her whatever she wanted to hear. He was sad but not
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