Skit Reflection

A reflection on the skit itself... I have a feeling this one will be a little short too, but I'll do my best to say every little detail about it. So, we had to make a skit about a modern problem related to discrimination. I wasn't present on the day the group chose the topic, but they chose to make our skit about discrimination towards the homeless, and I agreed that it was a good and relatively original idea. We wrote a preliminary script, and we found out it was hard to make a mini-drama about a serious topic without making it too dark or non-entertaining. We often found ourselves recurring to comedy, and though this is fine if used in moderation, it can belittle the seriousness of the topic if overused. We managed to stay between these lines, though I think with a few more rehearsals we could have improved it a little more.

So, our skit was about two guys (played by Alexis and Josue) discussing Game of Thrones in a car, when a homeless man (played by Dylan) approaches asking for spare change. They ignore him, but in their distraction they fail to notice that the traffic light had changed to green. An impatient man (played by Luis) honks his horn and yells at them to move and run the homeless guy over. This guy was named Richard (Dick, for short [I know, we're awesome]). So, the next day, Alexis' car breaks down in the same red light and no one around is willing to help him move. He calls a towing service, but since it's rush hour, the service operator (played by me) tells him he can get there in two hours at best. The homeless guy from before shows up and, despite having initial suspicions, Alexis lets him help. They push the car out of the road, and Alexis, feeling indebted to him, offers the homeless guy a meal and a smoothie at a nearby McDonald's and later offers him a job at his workplace. Throughout all this, the play was stopped every now and then so a thoughts guy (played by Melissa) would speak out loud the thoughts a specific character was having. Oh, and Alexis' character had a name, but it was never mentioned in the drama and I forgot. Oops.

So yeah, that's about it... It was honestly pretty fun, but if I were to do it again, I'd like it if we performed it a few times in class or something and get recommendations from the other classmates on how to improve it. And I think I've said all I can say, sooo... yeah.