Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the live performance of Collective Rage. Instead I will offer my personal opinion of the play. The play was sweet in a way that i would not have expected for a play with so much sexuality involved. Instead of over sexualizing aspects, sexuality was really used as a tool to create a tenderness and humanness in the characters that is relatable to everyone. The fact that their characters were so extreme enabled the characters to be equally blunt in their emotional life as in their physical appearances. They literally wear their hearts on their sleeves.

The hardest part about the play is Betty 2. Betties 1,3-5 all discover something about themselves in relation to other women, whereas Betty 2 discovers something about herself which makes her an outcast in the sense that she does not have a loving partner whom she can confide in nor does she have someone who can directly relate to her current situation. Also, shallowly yet realistically she has no one pining for her attention.

I do not think Silverman fleshed out Betty 2’s emotions thoroughly. When Betty 2 pondered suicide it was not clear how honest she was being with herself. I think she should have elaborated on this more.

I associate the name Betty with a blonde white teenager, because of Archie comics. I appreciate how Silverman turned that bias upside down in this play where each Betty had her unique persona.

All in all I enjoyed readin the play and appreciated that it was not dense.