Beauty By Jane Martin

“I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.”, a quote from Valentino Garavani, when it comes to the play Beauty by Jane Martin this quite could not fit any better. This play is about a girl and her burning desire to be something she is not, and that is Beautiful. Around, the early to mid-90s is a good guess as to when this story took place. This play shows how at the culture shapes the way a play is written. The fashion and modeling industry were really taking off at a rapid rate. The culture had a massive influence on people at this time and people idolize celebrities, and the need to be like them. Bethany had a friend, Carla, who was stunning and men drooled over her appearance. This play has a strange twist in the way she accomplishes
The first one for 25,000 in cash, she explains how it rained out of the sky, which of course her friend did not believe her. Then Bethany pulled a wad of cash out of her purse and showed her. Carla asks if she is dealing. Bethany does not understand want this means, she goes on to tell her about the second wish. This wish if for her uncle in the hospital, he was in the intensive care unit after being hit by two trucks. She said she called the doctor and her uncle walker out of the Intensive care unit just a few moments ago. Again her friend did not believe her and made her swear on her mother’s grave. The main cultural influence in this part of the play was the hospital. The author is hoping the reader or viewer knows enough about modern medicine at the time to understand someone does not just up and walk out of the intensive care unit. In the time this story takes place medicine is not that advanced and no one expects to see a major pull
There is a crash and the lights flicker, when they come back on the girls. Are on the floor. They both begin to speak and look and their body from across the room. The genie granted the wish by switching them into the others body. Bethany now in Carla’s body says she only wanted to be beautiful not to be Carla. She then says he has to go get laid. They then realize they have also switched brains. Bethany says now we both have the thing everyone wants and Carla is confused. Bethany says different problems, and the curtain falls. In the final outcome of this play we see how even if you end up getting what you want, you just get different problems. The girls switched brains as well as bodies, so Carla is “less beautiful” but smart now. Bethany got her ultimate dream of being hot, but now she is an idiot. After a while of both of them having what they always wanted they will just fading into wanting what they had back. It is taking a risk but ultimately losing in the