I'm all for celebrating women in the aftermath of the election. Big topic, one I'm passionate about, that's not tethered to my take on a musical play set in 2001.
Respectfully: I don't understand why this song's biographical narrative folds into this sliver of a tale, without -- as I posted -- some deeper intellectual or emotion-driven curiosity expressed about 9/11's impact on aviation. Her route to this date takes up a fair amount of stage time, and to my thinking, her backstory about becoming a pilot is only compelling if it frames a thematic or even plot-related, incident-specific speculation. As I stated, drawn and composed with some contradiction, some push-pull, some tension about new anxiety in the character. It's a presentational song about a personal history. And trust me, I'm all for what it says about women deserving to be pilots. I simply don't grasp why the biography itself -- independent of more layered connection to the off-stage event -- earns stage time in such a (short) show. |
