Thursday, March 27, 2008
Sure Thing
It took me awhile to realize what was going on, and I still do not fully understand. At first, I thought the guy could travel back in time to have a redo until he gets it right. Although now I think, the author was trying to show all the possible scenarios, until he got to the ‘sure thing’. I thought the play was cute and simple. Simple but longer than I thought, I kept thinking this is the end. I think it was kind of a mockery of all the romantic movies out there, especially the end when they vow to love each other forever. That never happens in real life. It is entertaining to watch, but completely fictitious. She just met him and said she would love and cherish him forever. The response after each bell was better than the last. Each one less truthful than the last. The first being closest to what would have happened in real life. The ending confuses me a little; I cannot tell if the actors would say the lines seriously or jokingly. I am know thinking they would say it jokingly, sarcastically. I would like to see it performed; I think reading it definitely hurts the integrity of the play. Overall, I really liked it. It was interesting and sarcastic.
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Hello Jessica! I agreed with you about the play being a mockery of romantic comedies. It was cute and simple though like you said. I thought the play showed us that people are not always looking for someone to talk to. Sometimes they are but not always. The end of the play got kind of annoying to me because I was just wondering when they were going to hit it off. THe play showed us that people from different backgrounds have a harder time striking up conversation. Of course in real life I dont think it's as hard as it was portrayed in this play. People are usually warmer and more inviting then Betty was. Anyway good job on blogging.
The bells confused me too! I don't think the play was about Bill and Betty's relationship at all. I think the main purpose of it was to highlight the different ways a conversation could go. Since the conversation is a do-over, it's as if each re-do is the first try at the conversation. So the very last conversation where the couple hits it off in the first try is really unrealistic. Especially if they are talking about loving each other forever like you say, and they barely even know each other! I like how you point out that each response is "less truthful than the last" since the character loses a bit of its individuality in order to impress the other.
The play confused me too at first. Just like you, I thought Bill could go back in time and fix his mistakes. If only that could happen in real life! There have been so many times when I've thought to myself "Seriously?! did i really just say that!?" but there's no way to go back and fix your words. Words in real life are permanent, unlike here where you can simply just ring the bell (almost like a "oops, my bad" kinda thing). I think we'd be living in a pretty jacked up world then, because we would only know people for who they appear to be, instead of who they really are.
At first, i did not understand, as well. However, I thought the guy had dementia or something. As I continued reading, I finally realized I was way off and completely wrong. I thought the drama was silly because it was so unrealistic. I also agree that it was a mockery, but that made it all the more entertaining. Though, sometimes i felt the drama was never going to end because it would take two steps forward then one step back.
Good to read your blog
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