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life is pretty busy right now- the biggest thing is the Vagina monologues. it eats up my life, though it is production week. Opening night is thursday. AHHH!
through this experience, i have learned so much. The play is so shocking, and it deals with alot of terrible issues- rape, abuse, adultry, war, prostitution- the list goes on. it brings into shocking focus man's disregard for his fellow man. it isn't just women who are treated like objects, and it isnt just men who abuse. This is just one facet of much larger problem.
I auditioned for this play because it is a benifit for battered women. Because it presented itself as an opportunity to give through the arts. Also, i thought the kind of women who would be involved would be ones who were a little rough around the edges, if you know what i mean. Fem nazis, lesbians, you know. I thought this would be an enormous opportunity to witness. And i was right. But not in the way i expected. These women are activists. They work everyday to end the violence that is committed in the form of sexual abuse agianst women. THey are beautiful, caring, intelligent, straight (which im not surprised by, in fact im ashamed at my own pre-bias towards the project). They are women who just missed the mark on where to find hope and strength.
They look for it within themselves, instead of turning to the one true God. Eve Ensler, the author of the production, is trying to do a wonderful thing. her piece is poignant and powerful. it forces us to face a problem that often remains invisible because of the nature of abuse. She requires us to act against that problem, to do our part. But she doesn't offer us any hope except what we can find in ourselves. Man cannot change man. God changes man.
through this experience, i have learned so much. The play is so shocking, and it deals with alot of terrible issues- rape, abuse, adultry, war, prostitution- the list goes on. it brings into shocking focus man's disregard for his fellow man. it isn't just women who are treated like objects, and it isnt just men who abuse. This is just one facet of much larger problem.
I auditioned for this play because it is a benifit for battered women. Because it presented itself as an opportunity to give through the arts. Also, i thought the kind of women who would be involved would be ones who were a little rough around the edges, if you know what i mean. Fem nazis, lesbians, you know. I thought this would be an enormous opportunity to witness. And i was right. But not in the way i expected. These women are activists. They work everyday to end the violence that is committed in the form of sexual abuse agianst women. THey are beautiful, caring, intelligent, straight (which im not surprised by, in fact im ashamed at my own pre-bias towards the project). They are women who just missed the mark on where to find hope and strength.
They look for it within themselves, instead of turning to the one true God. Eve Ensler, the author of the production, is trying to do a wonderful thing. her piece is poignant and powerful. it forces us to face a problem that often remains invisible because of the nature of abuse. She requires us to act against that problem, to do our part. But she doesn't offer us any hope except what we can find in ourselves. Man cannot change man. God changes man.