Sunday, March 29, 2015

Plays about society’s real beauty standard

Hello beautiful reader!
 I was searching the internet and was super happy to find two amazing plays that support this blog. Yes, another list post. This is because if you still don´t believe what I´m saying about today´s beauty standard being positive because society chose that we should all accept ourselves and be confident in order to be seen as pretty, then go buy a ticket or google this awesome plays. Lucky for the pretty person who is reading this, and needs a confidence booster; both plays have been made into movies:
·         Hairspray


When it comes to awesome musicals Hairpray has to be pretty high on that list. These play is about: “Tracy Turnblad, an overweight teenager with all the right moves, is obsessed with the Corny Collins Show. Every day after school, she and her best friend Penny run home to watch the show and drool over the hot Link Larkin, much to Tracy's mother Edna's dismay. After one of the stars of the show leaves, Corny Collins holds auditions to see who will be the next person on the Corny Collins show. With all of the help of her friend Seaweed, Tracy makes it on the show, angering the evil dance queen Amber Von Tussle and her mother Velma. Tracy then decides that it's not fair that the black kids can only dance on the Corny Collins Show once a month, and with the help of Seaweed, Link, Penny, Motormouth Maybelle, her father and Edna, she's going to integrate the show.....without denting her 'do!” So, this one says it all that we should accept ourselves just how we are and people will look at you as beautiful and inspirational. Also,with confidence and being a little rebel, we can do whatever we want.

·         Beauty and the Beast

Another classic! This one you may already heard thanks for Disney and their Disney princess Belle. The message of this play I really deep and it explains that the real beauty is in our feelings and how we act. Here´s a synopsis so you can refresh your memory:
               “Based on the smash hit 1991 Disney movie and dating back to a late 18th-century classic French fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast tell the story of Belle, a beautiful and intelligent young woman who feels out of place in her provincial French village. When her father is imprisoned in a mysterious castle, Belle’s attempt to rescue him leads to her capture by the Beast, a grisly and fearsome monster, who was long ago trapped in his gruesome form by an enchantress. The only way for the Beast to become human once again is if he learns to love and be loved in return. There is a time limit, too: once a magical rose loses all of its petals, all hope will be lost and he will stay a Beast forever. The Beast’s enchanted household--populated by such beloved characters as Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, Cogsworth, and Chip--watch anxiously as Belle and the Beast grow to understand and befriend one another. Their feelings grow ever deeper as the clock ticks and petals continue to fall off the enchanted rose--will they confess their love for one another before it is too late?”
Link of movie: http://www.princessmovies.net/disney-princess/beauty-beast.html

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