How could anyone not be appalled by the case of Leo Frank, convicted of murder in 1913 by a court reeking of prejudice and then lynched by a posse of prominent Georgians? The only rational response, of course, is disgust.
And yet, ?Parade? ? the 1998 Broadway musical exploring the lingering Southern resentment and festering anti-Semitism that gave rise to the atrocity ? is only partly satisfying precisely because a sense of moral revulsion is the only strong feeling engendered by this somber and stately show.
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