The Wong Kids In The Space Chupacabra Go

Arts Emerson and Ma-Yi Theater Company’s showing of The Wong Kids In The Secret of The Space Chupacabra Go! on the Paramount Main Stage is the best example of children’s entertainment that is equally engaging to an adult audience. Although I went into the show thinking that it may be too childish for me to enjoy, all of my expectations were quickly expelled as soon as the show started. It was an extremely entertaining piece of theatre, and it was disappointing how empty the seats were. The audience that was there, however, was a mix of parents and the kids as well as adults that had come without an adolescent occupnment. The Wong Kids is an action driven story that employs expert use of puppetry and visual effects following the adventures of siblings Bruce and Violet Wong, who don’t fit in with the other kids their age. The show begins with them learning that they both have the same superpower of being able to lift rocks with the power of their minds. Their strange neighbor, Mr. Stinson, witnesses their new found power and enlists their help in saving his home planet from being eaten by the Space Chupacabra. Bruce, younger and more accepting of who he is, immediately wants to help …show more content…
Having grown up in a world where everyone was the same, the Canute became frustrated when people and creatures that were different began to overrun his planet. His solution was to have a total wipe out of the planet, getting rid of everything that is different. Violet and Bruce work together to try to distract the Canute from following through with his plan by telling him home they have overcome being different and that it didn’t mean that there was anything wrong with them. They ultimately are able to cause the Space Chupacabra to self destruct. The story ends with Violet and Bruce floating in space, breathing without helmets, imagining going home where they can be themselves and let their imaginations run