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The Superheroine Monologues
Apr. 19th, 2009 11:04 pmLis and I saw The Superheroine Monologues at The Boston Playwrights' Theatre today. (Downtown, near BU.)
It's a sort of parody of The Vagina Monologues, I suspect, though, having never seen The Vagina Monologues, I can't be sure. All I can do is take it on its own merits as an experimental play. And, as such, it works. Mostly.
It's a series of eight scenes, each set in a different decade, each with a different superheroine telling her story. Each decade having a different way that the culture interacts with women -- and specifically, strong women, such as superheroines. And I felt that about four of the scenes really worked. And the other four? Well, none were bad, but they weren't up to the others.
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It's a sort of parody of The Vagina Monologues, I suspect, though, having never seen The Vagina Monologues, I can't be sure. All I can do is take it on its own merits as an experimental play. And, as such, it works. Mostly.
It's a series of eight scenes, each set in a different decade, each with a different superheroine telling her story. Each decade having a different way that the culture interacts with women -- and specifically, strong women, such as superheroines. And I felt that about four of the scenes really worked. And the other four? Well, none were bad, but they weren't up to the others.
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