In a move that has regional theaters across the country reconsidering their upcoming production of "Glass Menagerie", Japanese beer maker Suntory* has apparently developed a blue rose.Why is this news? Because blue is an incredibly difficult color to come up with in roses - heretofore it's been impossible to do. Hence when Jim (the "gentleman caller" of the play) says the line "The different people are not like other people, but being different is nothing to be ashamed of. Because other people are not such wonderful people. They're one hundred times one thousand. You're one times one! They walk all over the earth. You just stay here. They're common as - weeds, -but - you - well, you're - Blue Roses!" we are all swept away by the profound nature of the statement.
But now what if these new blue roses get loose and become the dandilions of the new milennium? Will future generations ever truly compehend the beauty of the line if they have to get up the next morning and pull blue rose after blue rose our of their Sugar Snap Peas? I think not. I'm very worried.
Mercifully, if the picture here is indeed representative, I don' t think they're quite there yet. These look more lavender to me. Thank heavens!
* Yes, that Suntory - as in "For relaxing times...make it Suntory time"
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