Jean Paul Sartre No Exit Analysis

The Rationale of this task was to create a dramedy of three stereotypes created in society to bump heads in one another, as based off of Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit. Three characters, President Bill Clinton, Marilyn Monroe, and Dana were selected to all fit into one enclosed space, an Art-Deco themed elevator, as a different representation for Hell. For this instance, the characters were all representations of stereotypes the 20th and 21st century had developed, in hopes that each opposite would create an interesting dynamic. Bill Clinton was selected to provide the face of the stereotypical perverted-politician. His language of modern patronization towards the two other females with sexual lingo, and simple southern vocabulary created his
image of the “man’s man”. Marilyn Monroe, an iconic sex symbol, fitted well into the “girly girl” part of the spectrum that stereotypes women, prevailing her own set of struggle for male attention and approval. Dana was created to balance out the two celebrities, but bring comedy into the story to mock stereotyped left-wing feminists of the 21st century. She created a more tomboy yet pretentious role as her vocabulary use and outspoken personality clashed with the others.
As mentioned throughout the script, while each character created a sense of humour for readers to address the infamous people and stereotypes, they all struggled against addiction, which eventually reasoned their stay into Hell. Each character would be exposed to something they were addicted to that would appear in the elevator (ie. pills and women) and once they touched that object, it would burn them as if they were caught on fire, to have eternal torture against what made them into heavily-flawed beings. While the story-line is rather dark, comedy was used to create a more light hearted and relatable sense for readers of the script.