E. Patrick Johnson Honeypot Summary

After watching E. Patrick Johnsons' performance on Honeypot, I learned a lot. Throughout the performance there were times when E. Patrick really spoke to us; he spoke straight to our emotion. The two themes I saw and experienced were the religious affiliation to the church, for the black southern women who love women, as well as, a raw reality that society attempts to sugar coat or hide. The first theme is the religious affiliation to the church as black southern women who love women. E. Patrick explains their individual views on religion and God. E. Patrick really showed the importance the church had in their journeys, whether or not they stayed connected to the church, they were still affiliated with a church. He continued to talk about the …show more content…
Patrick talked about her father molesting her. The thought of that just terrified me, especially because it something we, as in today’s society are not really used to hearing about in detail. It was always talked about in a gentle way. It’s something that’s never really spoken of in detail, so we know what’s happening but we don’t know exactly what happens, it’s all based of what we think it consists of. That’s not what E. Patrick Johnson did. He told us what child molestation consisted of, limiting our ability to try to interpret it as something different. He gave us a clear picture of what is was, regardless of the idea that it would make some people feel uncomfortable. Although I did feel uncomfortable, I’m glad that I got to experience it because it helped me grow. It opened my eyes to a world completely different from mine. The uncomfortable feeling was a sense of ignorance; it was me being afraid of something that was unknown to me. It was something that was real and raw, something that wasn’t sugar coated for me. It was the real bitter taste of reality, something we don’t get in today’s