This is the first play i have seen in Mumbai. It was great experience to be touched by a vertical at which this city is best, "ACTING". Icing on the cream is the topic of this play.... yes it's very bold title, actually it's translation of play called "The vagina monologues". This play is written in 1996 but one of my frd told that this is a 30 year old play :) .... sorry bro it's my nature i don't trust till i am done with my research. I was stunned by the way actors performed the play. This play reflects the sex, relationships, and violence against women. YES violence against women which most people think it's the thing from history but still i think i have over heard some of the incidents which made me think that violence against women still exist in this whole world but not only in India, and not only in non-developed countries. This can happen anywhere on this planet with the help of a psycho/stupid person. So point is this happens and this is what the play try to cover and tell each of it's viewers that think and avoid this violence, to all of it's female viewers it tells don't be shy about your own body part and don't neglect/avoid it.
(Taken from Wiki and bold part is addition from me)
Some monologues include:
- I Was Twelve, My Mother Slapped Me: a chorus describing many young women's and girls' first menstrual period.
- My Angry Vagina, in which a woman humorously rants about injustices wrought against the vagina, such as tampons, douches, and the tools used by OB/GYNs
- My Vagina Was My Village, a monologue compiled from the testimonies of Bosnian women subjected to rape camps.
- The Little Coochie Snorcher That Could, in which a woman recalls memories of traumatic sexual experiences in her childhood and a self-described "positive healing" sexual experience in her adolescent years with an older woman. In the original version, she is 13, but later versions would change her age to 16. This particular skit has sparked numerous controversies and criticisms due to its content (the play i seen told her age was 13).
- The Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy, in which a dominatrix for women discusses the intriguing details of her career and her love of giving women pleasure. In several performances it often comes at the end of the play, literally climaxing with a vocal demonstration of a "triple orgasm." [Performed by Rasika Duggal and she was too good in her act and yes she was also pretty more than she looked in Agyat's (movie) pics ]
- Because He Liked to Look At It, in which a woman describes how she had thought her pubic area was ugly and had been embarrassed to even think about it, but changed her mind because of a sexual experience with a man named Bob who liked to spend hours looking at it. [Performed by Rasika Duggal and it's was too good to see her act and her too ;)]
- I Was There In The Room, a monologue in which Eve Ensler describes the birth of her granddaughter.
Play was so powerful and on some occasions extra vulgar which can be avoided [yes few frds will be not agree on vulgar but it's my opinion]. People argued me that that thing which u felt as extra vulgar was an art but i think spreading the message without being vulgar would be more beautiful art.
One more good thing i seen in the play was the courage to speak the [publicly] unspoken words. No matter how comfortable you are with your frds on speaking these words still there should be some kind of dignity while using the these unspoken words. One should chose carefully what (s)he is going to use in these kind conversation. Yes i can speak/discuss on any kind of topics with my frd [Point to be noted frds it doesn't matter frd is male or female and my frd knows it] thanks to my parents who gave me this much direction that i can choose what is wrong or right. Even if i choose wrong i come to know what is wrong :) so i can choose right next time. I guess this courage to speak unspoken words in a decent way people can get only from the family where they might have to be in the dignity ;) so don't be shy if your younger family member try to ask you about these unspoken words and give them a easy environment so they don't need to deal these words/topics as untouched, which can avoid a lot of problems.
So over all i feel it was a good experience to see that play. Some of the struggling actors were there too. Theatre in juhu was also very nice and interior was no less than great.
