Sexual assault and rape are public health issues and serious social which need to be taken more seriously. Nobody knows for sure what really happened when sexual and rape are the burden and impulsive youth, just out to have a good time, are exploring possibilities. “Good Kids”, the play presented by Mountain View College, is written by award-winning playwright Naomi Lizuka and under the direction of Seret Scott, deals with sexual assault on college campus. Drama, passion, and rumors are three central themes that are seen in this play. Its goal was to show the audiences how people live in a day and age where anything that they do can be and will be documented by evil persons through social media, for instance, Facebook, Twitter, text messages,
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Firstly, one of the most important reasons for the play’s success was the use of its story. The story based on the 2012 Steubenville High School, after a party last Saturday night, when a girl, Chloe was passed out intoxicated and was raped by a gang of football players. Some of those guys were foolish enough to record and document the rape, then post it on social media. Then the cover-up Steubenville case begins because all the people who were accused of rape were the coolest members of football club. When the case spread through the school, many people got outraged at the catastrophe. In addition, “Good Kids” did a great job of following the real life story, while also combining its own essential features to make it unique. The play was able to follow the Steubenville’s plot line by having Martin Jaramillo (Tanner), Miguel Alcala (Landon), Brandon Sutton (Ty), and Shaun …show more content…
Throughout the splay, there are two different types of narration. One type was the self-narration done by the main actress character, and the other type was the god-like narration done by Malaisian Parker’s character Deirdre. The self-narration was used by Ashley Ragsdale’s character Chloe, who was a girl that became the victim of sexual assault. The audiences could see clearly the use of self-narration when Chloe was able to show her confusion, embarrassment, and especially what her character was thinking throughout the whole suffering. Moreover, a similar tactic was used by Shaun Platt’s character Connor. He was a super star of the football club, after rape abuse he acted like he did not do anything wrong in real life. However Connor’s self-narration showed the audiences that he realized that he had done something wrong and was feeling guilty about what he did to Chloe that night. The god-like narration which was used by Deirdre was so unique. During the whole play, every individual character gave their point of views of what had happened. Each view is considered as a twist version of what really happened to make the whole circumstance not seem as bad as what happened in the real life. The audiences appreciated Deirdre because she gave them an accurate representation of the story. Once a character reminded his or her story, Deirdre immediately would turn back
Firstly, one of the most important reasons for the play’s success was the use of its story. The story based on the 2012 Steubenville High School, after a party last Saturday night, when a girl, Chloe was passed out intoxicated and was raped by a gang of football players. Some of those guys were foolish enough to record and document the rape, then post it on social media. Then the cover-up Steubenville case begins because all the people who were accused of rape were the coolest members of football club. When the case spread through the school, many people got outraged at the catastrophe. In addition, “Good Kids” did a great job of following the real life story, while also combining its own essential features to make it unique. The play was able to follow the Steubenville’s plot line by having Martin Jaramillo (Tanner), Miguel Alcala (Landon), Brandon Sutton (Ty), and Shaun …show more content…
Throughout the splay, there are two different types of narration. One type was the self-narration done by the main actress character, and the other type was the god-like narration done by Malaisian Parker’s character Deirdre. The self-narration was used by Ashley Ragsdale’s character Chloe, who was a girl that became the victim of sexual assault. The audiences could see clearly the use of self-narration when Chloe was able to show her confusion, embarrassment, and especially what her character was thinking throughout the whole suffering. Moreover, a similar tactic was used by Shaun Platt’s character Connor. He was a super star of the football club, after rape abuse he acted like he did not do anything wrong in real life. However Connor’s self-narration showed the audiences that he realized that he had done something wrong and was feeling guilty about what he did to Chloe that night. The god-like narration which was used by Deirdre was so unique. During the whole play, every individual character gave their point of views of what had happened. Each view is considered as a twist version of what really happened to make the whole circumstance not seem as bad as what happened in the real life. The audiences appreciated Deirdre because she gave them an accurate representation of the story. Once a character reminded his or her story, Deirdre immediately would turn back