I played Lazar Wolf, the butcher. I am the jilted, should have been husband of Tzeitel Tevye's oldest daughter. Um, which was the first, um, chink in the armor of how things are done in the tradition. In the marriages were arranged by the papa and the matchmaker and Tevya and my yenta, who happens to be my wife in real life, um, arranged a marriage for me with Tzeitel and Tzeitel, in all honesty, didn't want to marry a man who was 50 years older than her, and, um, had a very different outlook on life. She was in love with Motl, and she had the courage to stand up to the tradition and question her father's role in it, and whether he cared more about the tradition than her, which had to be gut wrenching. Well, clearly was gut wrenching for him, and in the end, he chose his daughter's desire and faith and love over his belief in the traditions. So which was the first of several steps to where, you know, finally Tevya found out the bridge that he could not cross. And, um, we all have all those lines somewhere, you know, you find out, you know, maybe I cheat on my taxes, but I wouldn't steal my neighbor's car. You know, those lines exist all over in our experience. So it's about that too.
