Overtones!
Gah! I really enjoyed this one. There is just such a clear image in my brain of what is happening. With Hettie and Maggie behind Harriet and Margaret... It paints a perfect picture of the constant struggle people have when trying to be proper and uphold that mask for society that they have. I think it is a great idea that the author split their conscientiousness into separate characters. This really allows for a visual representation of what everyone battles in every day life. There are many times where I feel like the person inside my head has more to say but I try to stop it from coming out. That is what I get with this play!
Flea out!
I enjoyed this one too!! It was like the ego vs the id. I know darn well I struggle with someone (haha) inside of me too!! It reminded me much of what we feel when we see the ex-girlfriend of a guy we used to date. Your outer self says, "Girl yea right you're nothing to me". Our inner self says, "OMG, I never realized she was so cute and her personality is so banging, I definitely see why her dated her". I think it worked well too that the playwright decided to showcase their "better" side and keep the mischievousness hidden. IT was so real, and I'm sure to a certain extent, we all can relate.
ReplyDeleteWell of course you did! Who does not like a good, ol' cat fight now and again!? Ugh, all I kept thinking about while reading these plays were a couple of movies like "Mean Girls" or "Monster-in-law." It was so funny seeing how the girls in "Mean Girls" would treat each other and then think terrible things behind their own friend's back; or how the mother in "Monster-in-law" hug her son's fiance and then thought in her head of smashing her son's fiance's face into the cake. You got to love those undertones, they are so hilarious!!!!
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