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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
Sun Dec 9, 2018, 10:44 PM Dec 2018

Just watched "60 Minutes" and the incredible story of Ryan Speedo Green...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ryan-speedo-green-from-juvenile-delinquency-to-opera-stardom-60-minutes/ (video at the link)

From the anger and rage of a horribly broken home and childhood detention to the opera house, thanks to his drive and talent and the special people who helped him find the way.

No one was listening to the voice locked in solitary except for the few who would save his life, Mrs. Hughes, who was too camera-shy for an interview, and, in detention, Priscilla Piñeiro-Jenkins.

Priscilla Piñeiro-Jenkins: This kid was small, angry, full of just hate. This eloquent man that's sitting here next to me was not who I first met. Every other word was foul. Every other word was negative. There was nothing positive coming out of him.

Piñeiro-jenkins' was a caseworker in the detention center.


He returned to school and succeeded in sports and chorus. A field trip NYC and the Metropolitan Opera and he saw a completely different life.

Ryan Speedo Green: It was the opera, "Carmen" with Denyce Graves, who was the title role.

Ryan Speedo Green: At that point in my life I thought opera was, like you know, for white people. And the lead character, the title role was a person who looked like me, was a person of color. It completely just shattered all my preconceptions of what I thought opera was.

Denyce Graves seduced a soldier on stage and Speedo in the audience.
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Just watched "60 Minutes" and the incredible story of Ryan Speedo Green... (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 OP
Great story. Thanks for sharing. CurtEastPoint Dec 2018 #1
I just got through reading this. An interesting addition to the 60 min. Piece. AJT Dec 2018 #2
Yes, the tragedy is that we celebrate a few successes while ignoring... TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 #3
Was there a segment on the 60 Minutes sexual assault scandals? InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2018 #4
Just watched that too. Incredible, uplifting story! skylucy Dec 2018 #5
I missed it, but it sounds inspirational. Amazing. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #6
Caught that as well True Dough Dec 2018 #7

AJT

(5,240 posts)
2. I just got through reading this. An interesting addition to the 60 min. Piece.
Sun Dec 9, 2018, 10:57 PM
Dec 2018

NYTimes: T.M. Landry and the Tragedy of Viral Success Stories
T.M. Landry and the Tragedy of Viral Success Stories https://nyti.ms/2zOTGUR

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. Yes, the tragedy is that we celebrate a few successes while ignoring...
Sun Dec 9, 2018, 11:13 PM
Dec 2018

the vast hordes who are muddling through.

And too often blaming their failures on something lacking in them, rather than on the situation they found themselves in.

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