http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/03/science-wins-over-religion-in-scoples-monkey-trial/ A Wide Open Weblog for Big News, the Big Picture Tue, 22 May 2012 20:49:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/03/science-wins-over-religion-in-scoples-monkey-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-2663 Yana Davis Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:20:12 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=2969#comment-2663 There was a play based on the Scopes trial called "Inherit the Wind," which may have been made into a movie as well. As I remember, the names of the characters were changed, but it was more than obvious who they were. We studied that play in one of my high school English classes to the great consternation and dispair of the fundamentalist students, who realized about halfway through that their position was not being portrayed favorably. And yes, that high school was right here in Birmingham - Phillips. There was a play based on the Scopes trial called “Inherit the Wind,” which may have been made into a movie as well. As I remember, the names of the characters were changed, but it was more than obvious who they were. We studied that play in one of my high school English classes to the great consternation and dispair of the fundamentalist students, who realized about halfway through that their position was not being portrayed favorably. And yes, that high school was right here in Birmingham – Phillips.

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