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22 December 2023
Question: Where can one go to sit in the dark and listen to three women rattle on in great detail about their vaginas?
Answer: The Wexner Center.
Of course by the time you read this, that opportunity will have packed its bags and high-tailed it out of here. The opportunity in question? The Vagina Monologues-- Eve Ensler's award-winning Off-Broadway theater show. It's based on hundreds of interviews Ensler conducted with all different kinds of women. I joined a packed house of fellow vagina-friendly people for the opening night performance. How good was it? Honestly, it was one of the greatest live shows I've ever seen. The performers-- actresses Starla Benford and Sherri Parker Lee, and Four Bitchin' Babes babe Sally Fingerett-- were amazing. They didn't just read the monologues. They became the characters. And with such a diverse series of monologues, you'd think it wouldn't be as easy as they made it look. One minute you're listening to the orgasmic moaning of a female dominatrix, the next you're silent, humbled by the tearful recollections of a Bosnian rape victim. It was so convincing, even I almost shed a tear or two. The actresses also displayed an amazing chemistry between one another. When one would read, the others would respectfully focus all their attention towards the performer. Though occasionally, they would interject with an unscripted reaction or two, as if they were just having normal conversation. About vagina. You kinda' forgot you were watching a theater performance at times. Except for the seats, and the lights, and the clapping after every finished piece, it seemed like you were just watching three friends having a good time talking about nothing but vagina. And, despite what you may think, there was never an awkward moment. Yet amidst all this high entertainment value, there was a lot to be learned from The Vagina Monologues. I have always been a big supporter of vagina and vagina-related causes. But I walked out of that theater with a refreshing sense of clarity and awareness. I've become more vagina-conscious. More vagina-friendly. And, for the first time in 20-some years, I heard the word vagina spoken a few hundred times and didn't snicker once.
Answer: The Wexner Center.
Of course by the time you read this, that opportunity will have packed its bags and high-tailed it out of here. The opportunity in question? The Vagina Monologues-- Eve Ensler's award-winning Off-Broadway theater show. It's based on hundreds of interviews Ensler conducted with all different kinds of women. I joined a packed house of fellow vagina-friendly people for the opening night performance. How good was it? Honestly, it was one of the greatest live shows I've ever seen. The performers-- actresses Starla Benford and Sherri Parker Lee, and Four Bitchin' Babes babe Sally Fingerett-- were amazing. They didn't just read the monologues. They became the characters. And with such a diverse series of monologues, you'd think it wouldn't be as easy as they made it look. One minute you're listening to the orgasmic moaning of a female dominatrix, the next you're silent, humbled by the tearful recollections of a Bosnian rape victim. It was so convincing, even I almost shed a tear or two. The actresses also displayed an amazing chemistry between one another. When one would read, the others would respectfully focus all their attention towards the performer. Though occasionally, they would interject with an unscripted reaction or two, as if they were just having normal conversation. About vagina. You kinda' forgot you were watching a theater performance at times. Except for the seats, and the lights, and the clapping after every finished piece, it seemed like you were just watching three friends having a good time talking about nothing but vagina. And, despite what you may think, there was never an awkward moment. Yet amidst all this high entertainment value, there was a lot to be learned from The Vagina Monologues. I have always been a big supporter of vagina and vagina-related causes. But I walked out of that theater with a refreshing sense of clarity and awareness. I've become more vagina-conscious. More vagina-friendly. And, for the first time in 20-some years, I heard the word vagina spoken a few hundred times and didn't snicker once.
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issue
vol 3 - issue 08 (apr 2001)
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entertainmental