The Beastly Bombing

The Beastly Bombing is a political comedy that unites the audience by shedding light to the stereotypes that are present in our society. Everyone from the president’s daughters, Jesus, and the Jewish store keepers had an influence on how we as Americans should be reminded of how we can be ignorant and boastful. This play makes people intellectually think about society, personal views, and question why we believe some things to be “true.”

The presidents daughters reminded me of two suburban girls who grew up with money and are naive to the people around them. The girls in this play reminded me exactly of the girls in the movie White Chicks. White Chicks is a movie about two African American under cover agents who dress up as two bleach blonde girls in order to solve a kidnapping case. The girls in the movie are in their 20’s, live their life around the next party, dress to impress, and always call daddy for extra money or when they get in trouble. They have no need for a higher education, because they do not feel it necessary, and they claim to have independence, but without their parent’s Visa card and cell phone they would be incomplete. The president’s daughters in the Beastly Bombing reminded me of two girls, who always stretch the rules because they know they can get away with it, and try to find love with dollar signs. My sister and I both agreed that they were our favorite characters in the performance because they were funny and we instantly connected their behavior to the girls in White Chicks. The daughters in the Beastly Bombing and the girls in White Chicks believe we live in a perfect world where we can just snort a line and everyone will get along.

Tiffany stated that “Luckily it was a silly, fun show and we could play off the laughter as part of the characters!” (Tiffany Bedwell) Being silly brought about a certain feel to the audience, that it was ok to laugh and have fun. Us as the audience members were suppose to enjoy the music that was sung to us and allow the actors to move about the stage with the rhythm of the music and songs and be silly. I have never been to a play before this where it was acceptable to laugh out loud even if no one else giggled. I think it was a great experience for me because it allowed me to let go, forget my worries and have fun with a great crowd.

The rhythm of the music brought awareness to the audience. As the actors sang their music, and background music played, the audience was immersed in what reminded me of a tall, old Weeping Willow tree dancing to the winds music. The best part of the performance was when the actors were singing and dancing and there was a lot of movement on the stage as their costumes followed their footprints and arm movements. The actors swayed, held hands, as they moved about the stage like the willow leaves and branches on a warm sunny day. The actors bodies are the trunks of the tree keeping them grounded to the stage, their feet being the roots. Their arms were swaying like the long branches on an old Willow tree, with their costumes being the leaves that move with the branches naturally, while singing and speaking like the noise that comes from the Weeping Willow trees as the wind finds its way through to the other side. When each song was over it was like winter when the trees leaves and branches do not move in sync with one another, and would wait until spring when the music would start and they would dance one again.

The transformation between scenes went