Home Street Home Play Analysis
I really enjoyed Home Street Home Minneapolis, even though certain parts made me uncomfortable, it was beneficial to see the other side of the story. This production showed the rarely heard side of the people that the downtown improvements have affected the most. Most of the actors were people who have been or still are homeless. They also helped write the play, so the stories and scenes are from their point of view. zAmya means to move towards peace, I believe that the first step to peace is education. It’s always been easiest for me to relate and therefore respect someone who I know. If I encounter a person who is nothing like me I try my best to get over the initial shock and understand why they are the way they are.
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They did it by showing different distinct sides of the same story. As someone who has never been homeless it was easy for me to just brush them off and continue on my merry way. However, this production sat me down and showed me the heartbreaking interactions that homeless people have to deal with every day, alongside the constant worrying of where they are going to sleep, what they are going to eat. The part that hit it home was the line that was actually shared between Albatross and the security guard, “Why are you so afraid of me?”. This line shook me, it hit me that we are all afraid of what other people can do to us because they hold a different amount of power. Before this they are shouting back and forth as the security guard is trying to clear out the skyway getting louder and louder until it finally crescendos to the big question. Another line that made my heart bleed for these characters specifically Albatross was when the new condo owner was baiting her with twenty dollars. As Albatross goes for the bill, the other lady tears it away to which Albatross responds, “Don’t do that!”. It wasn’t just the line it was how it was delivered. She said it like it was torn from her throat, like all the water had dried up on the earth and that bill was the last
In Home Street Home …show more content…
They did it by showing different distinct sides of the same story. As someone who has never been homeless it was easy for me to just brush them off and continue on my merry way. However, this production sat me down and showed me the heartbreaking interactions that homeless people have to deal with every day, alongside the constant worrying of where they are going to sleep, what they are going to eat. The part that hit it home was the line that was actually shared between Albatross and the security guard, “Why are you so afraid of me?”. This line shook me, it hit me that we are all afraid of what other people can do to us because they hold a different amount of power. Before this they are shouting back and forth as the security guard is trying to clear out the skyway getting louder and louder until it finally crescendos to the big question. Another line that made my heart bleed for these characters specifically Albatross was when the new condo owner was baiting her with twenty dollars. As Albatross goes for the bill, the other lady tears it away to which Albatross responds, “Don’t do that!”. It wasn’t just the line it was how it was delivered. She said it like it was torn from her throat, like all the water had dried up on the earth and that bill was the last