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A review by cassie_reads
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
4.0
As someone who has been involved with theatre since the age of 6, who grew up in school drama clubs and communities theatres, who is making a career in theatre, particularly with middle and high school age students, I have very high standards when it comes to their depiction in novels. So often, novels are based on how authors THINK these programs work, plots hinging on details that are skewed, rare, or just plain wrong.
But DRAMA was different. DRAMA got it right. I could tell right off that Telgemeier had the background -- she knew how it worked, and I loved the way she wrote the stage crew dynamic, and that she chose to focus on them rather than the leading actors.
The junior high drama (talking angst now, rather than theatre) was handled realistically and accurately, and while she did fall a little too readily into the "all guys in theatre turn out to be gay" stereotype for my liking, the rest of it was so well done that I'll look past it.
A truly lovely graphic novel.
But DRAMA was different. DRAMA got it right. I could tell right off that Telgemeier had the background -- she knew how it worked, and I loved the way she wrote the stage crew dynamic, and that she chose to focus on them rather than the leading actors.
The junior high drama (talking angst now, rather than theatre) was handled realistically and accurately, and while she did fall a little too readily into the "all guys in theatre turn out to be gay" stereotype for my liking, the rest of it was so well done that I'll look past it.
A truly lovely graphic novel.