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Every fifteen seconds, a kid is forced into prostitution. Child sex trafficking is a $26 million-a-day industry — that’s $18,000 a minute, $300 a second. Who are these children? Who are their customers? Who are the pimps, the perpetrators? Child prostitution is a sordid, disturbingly profitable aspect of modern times, which makes the stories presented in Boom Boom Yum Yum, a new production at the University of Colorado at Boulder, that much more affecting. “In these monologues, the actors are portraying a customer, a pimp or a child who’s been prostituted,” says Marcus Turner, assistant public-relations director in CU’s department of theater and dance. “The biggest thing about the show is that it was conceived, created and performed by bachelor of fine arts in performance seniors. It’s a world premier that’s done just here.”
Tackling a tough issue with balance, depth and grace is not easy — and examining one of the most atrocious examples of modern-day perversion and greed with a touching and even empowering hand is a really tough sell. Tonight at 8:30 p.m. at CU’s University Theatre, Boom Boom will take you into this world through edgy vignettes, storytelling, improvisation, singing and dancing. “It just speaks to the times in which we live,” says Turner. “This is an issue that the students found incredibly important in terms of the larger theme, which is called Theatre for Social Change.”
Performances continue through Sunday; tickets are $8 for students and $10 general admission. For more information, go to www.colorado.edu/theatredance/theatre/productions5.html or call 303-492-8181.
Dec. 4-7, 8:30 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 6, 2 p.m., 2008
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