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Lets break it down.
(Truman was the first high school to ever stage Jonathan Larsons Seasons of Love.)
Stanton High is nowhere near that level yet.
Like Truman, Stanton also has to do the best they can with a limited budget.
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InDrama High, Sokolove makes it clear that Levittown is an economically depressed area.
In Stanton, Katims created a very similar setting.
The names of the places may be different, but the environments are practically identical.
Thats not quite how things went for the real Lou.
Like Mr. Mazzu, Volpe didnt have experience staging productions.
Instead, the school put him in charge of the whole shebang.
But unlike TV Lou, the real Lou didnt push anyone else out of the way to do it.
Volpe lived a large portion of his life as a closeted straight man.
You know, maybe one day there will be a movie of that story.
But I didnt feel like that was my job as a creator [of a TV show].
Now, could Katims have made Lou a gay family man with three kids?
Of course, and that would have been refreshing to see.
(When Volpe finally did retire,thats exactly what happened.)
But the circumstances they have to deal with are clearly inspired by the book.
She chooses the show and lands the part of Wendla.
