Footloose Review
Title: "Footloose" by Walter Dobbie and Dean Pitchford
Date : 2019/3/2
Location: Cheshire Academy Black Box
Director: Mrs. Guarino
Ren McCormick - Tony Wang
Ariel - Livvy Williamson
Reverend Moore - Aaron
Chuck - Nan
Willard - Ray
Rusty - Mao
Wendy Jo - Caroline
Urleen - Amelia
Ren McCormack, a teenager raised in Chicago, moves to the small town of Bomont, where music and dancing are banned. Ren loves dancing, while the whole town suffers from an accident happened years ago. Soon after arriving, Ren befriends Willard Hewitt, and from him learns the city council has banned dancing and rock music. He soon begins to fall for a rebellious teenage girl named Ariel, who has an abusive boyfriend, Chuck, and a strict father, Shaw Moore, who is a reverend of the local church. Ren decides to challenge the anti-dancing. He goes before the city council and reads several Bible verses to cite for the worth of dancing to exercise or to celebrate. Although Reverend Moore is moved, the council votes against Ren's proposal. Vi, Moore's wife, is supportive of the movement and explains to Moore that he cannot be everyone's father and that he is hardly being a father to Ariel. She also says that dancing and music are not problems. Moore feels betrayed that even his wife does not believe in him. Finally, Moore accepts the pray for the high school students putting on the prom, Shaw and Vi dance for the first time in years. Ren, Ariel, Willard, and Rusty rejoin the party and happily dance at night.
The major theme of the play is rebellion. In our lives, humanity is more important than rules so when people suffer from rules, people challenge rules with reasons. I clearly saw that even though dancing is banned in the play, people's enthusiasm for music and dancing still existed. From what I have seen, not only chuck but also Ren both have types of music when they presented on the stage. Also, the story told me the importance of reasons. Both of Ren and Chuck have touched with Reverend Moore arguing for different things, but there is no legit result come out at the end, showing that efforts and reasons are proper ways to solve issues. The other theme is feminism. Female characters in the play have done more than males. They solve arguments between people, and they guide males at critical moments. Without helping from Ariel and Vi, the story would not be led to the end.
The breadth of the stage is reasonable. School, Chuck's scene, restaurants are big and crowded with people. Church and dining room take half of the stage. Railroad merely takes a small part of the stage. At first, school and restaurant usually gather a lot of people, but the more important element is the loudness of these places. When the stage is big, it means volume. Dining room and church represent quietness, so they take half of the stage. The railroad is unique, since that is the place where both main characters begin their relationship, so it should be close and narrow.
My favorite character is Aaron because of his stability on the stage. In any scene, any situation, I see that he could control the atmosphere of the stage when he must play an august man. Since he is not the main character of this story, he could not act more exaggerated than others, but he does a great job when there are few inflecting points of emotions of Moore. The most impressive scene including him for me is when he and his wife have dinner with Ariel. When he is angry, he doesn't shout or speak loudly, but I could still feel his rage from his tone and attitude to Ariel and his wife.
It is glad to see so many new faces of this play. Musical always brings me to a different realm of play, and I enjoy listening to their singings. Actors are energetic and active especially in restaurant's scene when they are skiing. Even though most of new faces make mistakes on stages, I do see the integrity of the whole play.
Date : 2019/3/2
Location: Cheshire Academy Black Box
Director: Mrs. Guarino
Ren McCormick - Tony Wang
Ariel - Livvy Williamson
Reverend Moore - Aaron
Chuck - Nan
Willard - Ray
Rusty - Mao
Wendy Jo - Caroline
Urleen - Amelia
Ren McCormack, a teenager raised in Chicago, moves to the small town of Bomont, where music and dancing are banned. Ren loves dancing, while the whole town suffers from an accident happened years ago. Soon after arriving, Ren befriends Willard Hewitt, and from him learns the city council has banned dancing and rock music. He soon begins to fall for a rebellious teenage girl named Ariel, who has an abusive boyfriend, Chuck, and a strict father, Shaw Moore, who is a reverend of the local church. Ren decides to challenge the anti-dancing. He goes before the city council and reads several Bible verses to cite for the worth of dancing to exercise or to celebrate. Although Reverend Moore is moved, the council votes against Ren's proposal. Vi, Moore's wife, is supportive of the movement and explains to Moore that he cannot be everyone's father and that he is hardly being a father to Ariel. She also says that dancing and music are not problems. Moore feels betrayed that even his wife does not believe in him. Finally, Moore accepts the pray for the high school students putting on the prom, Shaw and Vi dance for the first time in years. Ren, Ariel, Willard, and Rusty rejoin the party and happily dance at night.
The major theme of the play is rebellion. In our lives, humanity is more important than rules so when people suffer from rules, people challenge rules with reasons. I clearly saw that even though dancing is banned in the play, people's enthusiasm for music and dancing still existed. From what I have seen, not only chuck but also Ren both have types of music when they presented on the stage. Also, the story told me the importance of reasons. Both of Ren and Chuck have touched with Reverend Moore arguing for different things, but there is no legit result come out at the end, showing that efforts and reasons are proper ways to solve issues. The other theme is feminism. Female characters in the play have done more than males. They solve arguments between people, and they guide males at critical moments. Without helping from Ariel and Vi, the story would not be led to the end.
The breadth of the stage is reasonable. School, Chuck's scene, restaurants are big and crowded with people. Church and dining room take half of the stage. Railroad merely takes a small part of the stage. At first, school and restaurant usually gather a lot of people, but the more important element is the loudness of these places. When the stage is big, it means volume. Dining room and church represent quietness, so they take half of the stage. The railroad is unique, since that is the place where both main characters begin their relationship, so it should be close and narrow.
My favorite character is Aaron because of his stability on the stage. In any scene, any situation, I see that he could control the atmosphere of the stage when he must play an august man. Since he is not the main character of this story, he could not act more exaggerated than others, but he does a great job when there are few inflecting points of emotions of Moore. The most impressive scene including him for me is when he and his wife have dinner with Ariel. When he is angry, he doesn't shout or speak loudly, but I could still feel his rage from his tone and attitude to Ariel and his wife.
It is glad to see so many new faces of this play. Musical always brings me to a different realm of play, and I enjoy listening to their singings. Actors are energetic and active especially in restaurant's scene when they are skiing. Even though most of new faces make mistakes on stages, I do see the integrity of the whole play.
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