The year is 2020. Presidential election. Biden/Trump. Not long after that – COVID-19. Social justice. A nation divided. People taking to social media to voice their concerns. Their anger and frustration. With emotions on edge, more and more it seems as if there is an intolerance for differences of opinion, and a judgment of those who would disagree. I witnessed friends and family gleefully disassociating from each other over their different points of view. Forgetting that these were people who had always been there for them in hard times. Helped them with a shoulder to cry on, friendship, and understanding… People that were upstanding members of their community. All erased if they did not agree politically. “What? Mother Theresa disagrees with me? Stone her!” I exaggerate… but not by much!
I was inspired to make Love Trumps All? to snap people out of this. If we can see and laugh at this dynamic, my hope is that it helps in a small way with some healing and to start a dialogue about how to communicate about differences. Because the current paradigm of everyone canceling those they disagree with is not working.
Speaking of canceling, I wrote the role of Vanessa for an actress friend of mine who loved the script but turned it down because she thought just by playing the role, she would get canceled! I saw the concern in her eyes was real. For a moment that made me sad, and it reinforced my reasoning and desire to get Love Trumps All made.
Jeff Schubert 