This is interesting. Every few years I hear about someone doing "Equus" and it generates mild controversy. I've never seen the plays or the movie or read whatever the source material is, so I have no real opinion--other than the words "horse" and "erotic" should *not* be used in the same sentence!
Here in Atlanta, a mom in one of the more conservative suburbs (not the one I live in, thank God!) has been trying to get the Harry Potter books pulled from her daughter's school for a couple of years now. Actually, she wants them and other books like them banned from all schools in her county, as they "promote the worship of the Devil" in her mind. Before you ask, she's not a looney fanatic, just an extremely conservative Christian who takes the Biblical verse "Flee the presence of evil" very seriously. Can't imagine what she'll do when she hears about Radcliffe doing this play! 'Harry Potter' Stage Strip Stirs Storm By Associated Press Wed Jan 31, 6:34 PM NEW YORK - "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe, who strips for his new role in London's West End revival of the play "Equus," has ignited a bit of a media firestorm by posing for racy promotional photos for the production. The Tony-Award-winning drama tells the story of a stable-hand who has an erotic fixation with horses. In one photo, Radcliffe, 17, dares to bare it all alongside a white horse; in another, he is pictured with a naked Joanna Christie, the actress who portrays his girlfriend. "Equus," directed by Thea Sharrock, opens at London's Gielgud Theater on Feb. 27. Tony Award-winning actor Richard Griffiths plays a pyschiatrist who treats Radcliffe's character. "Part of me wants to shake up people's perception of me, just shove me in a blender," Radcliffe said in a recent interview with Newsweek magazine. "It's a really challenging play, and if I can pull it off _ we don't know if I can yet _ I hope people will stop and think, 'Maybe he can do something other than Harry,'" he said. Radcliffe, who was discovered seven years ago in the audience of a London theater, reprises his role as the bespectacled boy wizard in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," slated for release July 13. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
