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ASSAULT
Actor James Duke Walker and playwright and actor David Heron. Dianne Dixon
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tor By Alexandra Simon
It’s a whole new perspective!
The reading of a 15-year-old play
tackles the question of sexual assault
against men. In the staged reading
of “Against His Will,” at The New
Vibe in Rockville Centre on Feb. 17,
award-winning playwright and actor
David Heron addresses the question
of whether an erection suggests consent.
He was initially inspired to write
the play after randomly pondering a
question regarding the matter.
“One day I bolted up in bed and
asked myself ‘Can a woman rape a
man?’” said Heron. “Those were the
exact words that came to me and I
just poured it out onto paper.”
The story follows a 29-year-old
married and expecting father Daniel
Bryan, who is accusing his female
boss of rape and takes the case to
court. Set in present day Jamaica,
the legal drama focuses on how the
case challenges the norm of Jamaican
judicial system and societal attitudes.
The story is fictional and not based
on any true events, but Heron said
it is something he is given a lot of
thought about.
“This is just my imagination,
but what would happen if a Jamaican
man was to take a Jamaican
woman to court for sexual assault?”
he asked.
When he wrote the play more than
a decade ago reflecting Jamaica at
that time, there was no record of a
court case involving a male accuser
bringing a sexual assault case against
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By Alexandra Simon
British-born and Grammy-award
singer Estelle is slated to kickoff an East
Coast tour next week. On Feb. 6, the
Brooklyn-based artist opens the “Estelle
Experience” tour at Baby’s All Right in
Bushwick. Unlike many of her previous
selections, this tour will be an intimate
one where she will get to connect more
closely with her fans.
“I’m pretty excited. Of the many tours
I’ve been on — this is one of the special
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By Alexandra Simon
A Jamaican-American actress from
Brownsville is debuting a new book and
celebrating its release with a Valentine’s
Day themed launch party in Greenpoint
on Feb. 9. First time author Jacinth
Headlam’s book “ Love After…” is a
reflective memoir about her life coming
out of a messy divorce, and surviving
it. Several years ago, she was going
through a troubling time and decided
to write about it to help others going
through a similar experience.
“This book came from a time in my
life where I was at rock bottom and I
was broken,” she said.
Headlam was a married mother of
two when she learned about her husband’s
infidelity and the child he was
expecting as a result. She was devastated
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‘Against His Will’ tackles gender, sexual assault in Jamaica
Singer Estelle begins her forthcoming
tour “Estelle Experience,” in
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