The Gray Column
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What happens if we were to play with the extreme, and decided to punish all crimes committed, no matter how minor or major, in the exact same way? What happens if we equate running a red light to murder?
Playing with the ideas of extremism, "The Gray Column" follows a series of events through the lens of Joan Idle as she navigates a world in which all crimes, big or small, receive the same exact sentence: death.
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