Comments on: Tampons, Prostitutes and a Pregnancy Scare http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/2012/03/27/tampons-prostitutes-and-a-pregnancy-scare/ visit the new version of this blog: http://dramalit.wordpress.com Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:41:01 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Ilana Brownstein http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/2012/03/27/tampons-prostitutes-and-a-pregnancy-scare/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Ilana Brownstein Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:32:37 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/?p=2704#comment-167 Your reaction is super interesting. In fact, it's one of the things I've been thinking about a lot over the past few months as I've been living in the world of Hookman at Company One. The structure of the play tricks the audience into thinking that these vapid young woman stereotypes (boys, periods, parties, drinking) what the play is about, until it's slowly revealed -- through the use of the slasher film genre -- what's really going on. In the end, the girls are so much more. I've been fascinated by the different responses we've gotten from male vs female audience members. Your reaction is super interesting. In fact, it’s one of the things I’ve been thinking about a lot over the past few months as I’ve been living in the world of Hookman at Company One. The structure of the play tricks the audience into thinking that these vapid young woman stereotypes (boys, periods, parties, drinking) what the play is about, until it’s slowly revealed — through the use of the slasher film genre — what’s really going on. In the end, the girls are so much more. I’ve been fascinated by the different responses we’ve gotten from male vs female audience members.

]]> By: sbmeyers http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/2012/03/27/tampons-prostitutes-and-a-pregnancy-scare/comment-page-1/#comment-166 sbmeyers Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:01:51 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/?p=2704#comment-166 I have to say that I had similar thoughts and feelings during the show, Kate. I was laughing myself, but I also knew that I wasn't completely comfortable with the portrayals of women. I'm glad I'm not siting alone in those feelings. I am disheartened by the facts about women in film, and it makes me curious as to what men are talking about in films. My impulse is to say they're usually talking about women or sex with women. I could be wrong, but it makes me question if the emphasis in writing of speaking about the opposite sex is a universal problem for women AND men. What important issues then are contemporary characters talking about, especially in film? I have to say that I had similar thoughts and feelings during the show, Kate. I was laughing myself, but I also knew that I wasn’t completely comfortable with the portrayals of women. I’m glad I’m not siting alone in those feelings.

I am disheartened by the facts about women in film, and it makes me curious as to what men are talking about in films. My impulse is to say they’re usually talking about women or sex with women. I could be wrong, but it makes me question if the emphasis in writing of speaking about the opposite sex is a universal problem for women AND men. What important issues then are contemporary characters talking about, especially in film?

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