Oh man, I just typed up such a long comment, and then the interwebs went crazy and it died. :(
Anywho, I really liked Tobin at first. Up until he slept with Vera. Even with having no background knowledge about the play beforehand, I understood that Vera was an underage girl in high school. It makes sense that the sex scene was devoid of any emotional love/lust/connection between Tobin and Vera. If it's a play of Tobin's memories, he probably doesn't want to recall knocking up a 16 year old girl... or maybe that's just my bias because I kept expecting him to say "no, that's ridiculous" and reject her.
I sat in the east section. I was wondering if anyone who sat in the west section felt like they saw the back of the actors heads a lot... in some scenes it seemed like I saw the front of their faces more than I should have. Other than that, I thought the set design kicked ass! it was awesome! and using the "pork patrol" to change the sets was neat. It was kind of confusing that they were also the "cultural enforcers" as well though.
Tami's dance looked way too planned. I thought that maybe Tami and Mrs. Cupp had planned for Tami to start dancing in the middle of the meeting at first. It wasn't until she dropped to the floor that I realized it wasn't planned by the characters & that it was written in the script for her to be "moved by the spirit." it was just... too real until she dropped to the floor.
Ok, it wasn't one of my faorite plays but I liked Metal Children and I'm glad we talked about it today in class because it gave me a reason to like it. Before, I just liked it because it was so weird; it was different from the happy, laugh-out-loud, luby-duby plays I had become accustomed to seeing. It was nice to see something different for a change, but the problem with that was it was almost too weird for me. I understood the plot and the concept and everything through out, but I got distracted alot by random things, like the pork patrol, some of the costumes and set relations and stuff like that. I saw it the night after pay-what-you-can (Thursday) and I have not read the script, but I think the actors did a great job, and I'm not just saying that because most of them are my friends. I felt like a complete idiot when we talked about the Christian thing beause that totally slipped my mind. I didn't even realize any of that stuff and the more I thought about it, it made since. The dance and all that junk could've been very offensive to a number of people, but I could've cared less. Maybe I'm just shallow, but anyway, I thought that overall, it was a good production. I also thought that at the end of the day, the play wasn't a play that was written for sales, you know; it seemed more like one of those hidden moral plays and whether you liked it or not, you were forced to pick a side. Sure they could have gone in different directions, but I think it severd it's purpose because it made us think, choose, analyze and discuss what is right and what is wrong.
I went in to Metal Children completely open-minded and left extremely offended. I am a practicing Christian and take my faith very seriously. For starters, I thought Tammy and Roberta's costumes were completely ridiculous. I'm pretty sure I haven't seen a congregation full of baby pink and blue matching outfits with huge cross necklaces hanging down. In today's culture, I think it would have been more fitting for Tammy to say something about her purity ring or her true love waits ring, which several Christians today wear or agree with. Secondly, I have been to almost every form of denomination of the Christian faith and admit that when some people are filled with the Holy Spirit they run around or dance, but Tammy's dance was as Neal said, "choreographed." I felt as if christianity was portrayed in a demeaning way. I got teary when Tobin talked about Jesus with such fowl language, but that's probably more of a personal factor. In conclusion, I understand that christians are completely different almost alien to some, but the extremes that the director chose were not my personal favorite and did not replicate today's Christian culture.
Oh man, I just typed up such a long comment, and then the interwebs went crazy and it died. :(
ReplyDeleteAnywho, I really liked Tobin at first. Up until he slept with Vera. Even with having no background knowledge about the play beforehand, I understood that Vera was an underage girl in high school. It makes sense that the sex scene was devoid of any emotional love/lust/connection between Tobin and Vera. If it's a play of Tobin's memories, he probably doesn't want to recall knocking up a 16 year old girl... or maybe that's just my bias because I kept expecting him to say "no, that's ridiculous" and reject her.
I sat in the east section. I was wondering if anyone who sat in the west section felt like they saw the back of the actors heads a lot... in some scenes it seemed like I saw the front of their faces more than I should have. Other than that, I thought the set design kicked ass! it was awesome! and using the "pork patrol" to change the sets was neat. It was kind of confusing that they were also the "cultural enforcers" as well though.
Tami's dance looked way too planned. I thought that maybe Tami and Mrs. Cupp had planned for Tami to start dancing in the middle of the meeting at first. It wasn't until she dropped to the floor that I realized it wasn't planned by the characters & that it was written in the script for her to be "moved by the spirit." it was just... too real until she dropped to the floor.
Ok, it wasn't one of my faorite plays but I liked Metal Children and I'm glad we talked about it today in class because it gave me a reason to like it. Before, I just liked it because it was so weird; it was different from the happy, laugh-out-loud, luby-duby plays I had become accustomed to seeing. It was nice to see something different for a change, but the problem with that was it was almost too weird for me. I understood the plot and the concept and everything through out, but I got distracted alot by random things, like the pork patrol, some of the costumes and set relations and stuff like that. I saw it the night after pay-what-you-can (Thursday) and I have not read the script, but I think the actors did a great job, and I'm not just saying that because most of them are my friends. I felt like a complete idiot when we talked about the Christian thing beause that totally slipped my mind. I didn't even realize any of that stuff and the more I thought about it, it made since. The dance and all that junk could've been very offensive to a number of people, but I could've cared less. Maybe I'm just shallow, but anyway, I thought that overall, it was a good production. I also thought that at the end of the day, the play wasn't a play that was written for sales, you know; it seemed more like one of those hidden moral plays and whether you liked it or not, you were forced to pick a side. Sure they could have gone in different directions, but I think it severd it's purpose because it made us think, choose, analyze and discuss what is right and what is wrong.
ReplyDeleteI went in to Metal Children completely open-minded and left extremely offended. I am a practicing Christian and take my faith very seriously. For starters, I thought Tammy and Roberta's costumes were completely ridiculous. I'm pretty sure I haven't seen a congregation full of baby pink and blue matching outfits with huge cross necklaces hanging down. In today's culture, I think it would have been more fitting for Tammy to say something about her purity ring or her true love waits ring, which several Christians today wear or agree with. Secondly, I have been to almost every form of denomination of the Christian faith and admit that when some people are filled with the Holy Spirit they run around or dance, but Tammy's dance was as Neal said, "choreographed." I felt as if christianity was portrayed in a demeaning way. I got teary when Tobin talked about Jesus with such fowl language, but that's probably more of a personal factor. In conclusion, I understand that christians are completely different almost alien to some, but the extremes that the director chose were not my personal favorite and did not replicate today's Christian culture.
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