Sweat Play Analysis

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The character of Stan is both a friend to the other characters in the play but also just doing his job; it is his job to be sociable because that is the way he earns his living and makes tips. Not only are bartenders a great sources of stories and gossip, they occasionally need to step in when trouble occurs. Both Stan in Sweat and Jake in my play Relationship Status: Single must cut people off from drinking when they’ve obviously had too much: CYNTHIA: She’s had a little too much to drink. STAN: And that’s why it’s time for her to go home. Night-night. (8)
And:
JAKE: Ya, I’m thinkin’ it’s time that we call you a cab. I’m not sure your friend is coming back for you.
CAM: Okay…
JAKE: Hey, don’t fall asleep. We gotta get you home.
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(Hudes 12)
With this play, the characters themselves say the lines that they are chatting rather than just seeing the text, as what I want to do. My twist on the idea was to focus on Cam and her situation and not on the actual men she was chatting with. The purpose is for the audience to see her reaction to what she sees which, in turn, informs them of her character:
She matches again with another man. Before she can think of an opening line to chat with, he has already sent her something. The message reads, “Can you believe there’s only going to be 7 planets left soon?” CAM eagerly replies back, “No way! I haven’t heard about that yet!” Her phone vibrates once more with a message: “Yeah after I destroy Uranus.” CAM makes a “blech” sound, sticking out her …show more content…
I am pleased with what I stole and how I managed to weave it throughout my play and make it my own at the same time. With ideas from Sweat by Lynn Nottage, Bright Half Life by Tanya Barfield, and Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes to introduce to my own work, I learned that reading plays and other pieces of literature and “borrowing” other authors’ characters, voices, etc. can be very valuable and compelling for one’s own work. I do not think my play would have been the same had I not stolen what I did. Everything that I did take matched what I wanted for my storyline, and if they did not, I tweaked them so that they would. I also felt much more present within my work because I made the conscious decisions to include those stolen ideas within my play and make them mine. I am not sure I would have come up with any of the same ideas as the authors I pulled from did; I think some people take for granted the thought that one’s work could be greatly improved or completely turned on its head by doing some research and deep reading to scope out some new ideas, or at least new to oneself. I admire the process of writing a script and never knowing if it is truly done or on its final draft; I think continuing to research and try new things and take alternate routes and perspectives is vital to a writer’s work because so
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