Becoming More
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
“You want to go to city to do good, but the world only makes you bad.” These strikingly true words, taken from Jorge Ignacio Cortinas’ new play, Blind Mouth Singing, embed themselves in the heart of the audience as soon as they are spoken. This heartbreaking sentence is one of an intriguing many contrived in the conversations between mother and son, self and self, and self and the world. The story of Blind Mouth Singing is the story of a family that technology has reached, but in small and confusing amounts. It is the story of a family that a mother tries so desperately to hold onto with her viselike grip, only to have it scatter because of her care. It is also the story of the struggle to become the bolder, braver, smarter, and more handsome person that one can be. In a way, the story of Blind Mouth Singing is the story of its audience, of their adolescence, their fears, their hopes, and most importantly, themselves. (more…)
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