Exploring Femininity and Sexuality, Arjeta

Seeing Collective Rage on stage was fairly close to my original interpretation of the text because I feel like the actresses were passionate about their roles and they truly “became” their characters. I do feel as if the sensitivity of the topic was evident in the live version, however, making it probably a little difficult for some people to watch and fully understand. At the end of the performance, I saw the looks of people’s faces and some of them seemed a little bewildered, even though the point of the play was more than just about the word “pussy”. At first, it was a little weird to constantly hear that word over and over again, but after getting used to it, I believe the feminist message was powerful and moving. In Elinor Fuchs’ “A Visit to a Small Planet”, she spoke about the social world in plays and how the people affect the performance, including where they’re from, how they act, and their motives. I thought that all the Betties were purposefully created to be the way they are so that the distinctions could be made between the each of them. Starting from Betty 3, they get more diverse, outgoing, and progressive. I really enjoyed the play because it was something different that portrayed an issue that a lot of people don’t like talking about. Femininity and sexuality are topics that make people uncomfortable, largely due to the fact that women were always expected to act a certain way and still are. I believe the play was done in a comical, beautiful way that explored femininity and sexuality in a good way.

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  1. I also did sense some other people in the audience who were also evidently wary or maybe even slightly offended by the characters being displayed in Collective Rage. However, I think that they only make up a small few due to maybe a generation gap or a difference in ideology. If they were reactionary to the all-female casted play, then that was what the play and the five Betties’ objective being fulfilled ironically. This is because the play was meant to challenge traditional styles of organizing and acting within a play. Hopefully, this play was a stepping stone to shine upon topics of diversity within plays in the 21st Century, and maybe a precursor to future plays of the same, postmodern theme

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