Waitress The Musical (part 2 of 3)
Wow, this is even more of a provocative story than I thought it would be! Lol. So excited to read your comments on this one.
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“What if I never see myself ever be anything more than what I’ve already become” from bad idea is my favorite line from the whole show. I think it’s such a profound lyric and truly captures the feeling of so many of the characters and what they’re going through for a lot of the show.
Charity angel Dawson is phenomenal as Becky. I also saw her as one of the muses in Hercules at the paper mill play house in 2023 and she was just as amazing then. Love her.
Ogie quickly became my favorite character. The guy who played him, Christopher Fitzgerald, also played Boq in Wicked. I knew he looked familiar! When I said terrible people in my last comment, I didn’t mean just Earl. Maybe not completely terrible, but they can make better choices. A P.F.A. for Jenna, a home health aide for Becky, and divorces all around. The hard stuff takes too much thought and effort. They’re just falling onto what’s easy.
I think it’s just more complicated than that and it’s not about a lack of thought and effort. In Jenna’s case there’s a lot of trauma there due to the abuse not only from earl but from her childhood. It’s not something that can be overcome with just “thought and effort.” It’s so much harder than that. I think with where she’s at in the beginning of the show she really could have used professional help in order to help leave the situation. And I think Becky’s situation is also complicated. She even says it- she loves her husband. That’s why she doesn’t leave him. But then the question becomes, how does she live her life and choose her own happiness while staying in that situation? Is it even possible? I think what Jenna and Becky both did is in such a grey area and I personally don’t judge either of them two specifically for their actions here.