in 2001, a georgian producer of the marjanishvili theater, david doiashvili, decided to make a performance of the 1983 events. however, the theater administration didn't accept the screenplay of the writer david turashvili. the latter stated shevardnadze was reluctant to recall old memories. georgian human rights organizations claimed censorship in georgia was still functional. the performance "the jeans generation, or belated requiem" was staged, however, at the private liberty theatre and gained a conspicuous popularity in georgia.