Summary Of The Four Underwear Models Of The Apocalypse

In The Four Underwear Models of the Apocalypse, the most pressing issue brought up is how the four principles that the underwear models represent are being represented in the modern world today. The four underwear models in the play represent the four horsemen of the apocalypse in the Bible. Throughout the play, the images projected on the screen combined with the symbolic dance choreography creates a striking image that plague, death, war, and famine are occurring in society today. An example of this happening is during the death that famine has. By first projecting images of abundant food and then of food waste and images of people starving, the playwright wanted the audience to see that famine is happening around the world even if we do
Instead of throwing out thousands of pounds of fresh food, people should donate and look at other places in the world where people are starving. The images in the play also meld with the choreography to make the play more relatable. Famine uses two prop steaks in her choreography and at one point is unable to reach the steaks even though they are right in front of her. This is symbolic of the starving people around the world who are unable to gain access to food due to poverty or other unfortunate circumstances, even though there is definitely enough food for everyone in world. The choreography combined with the imagery gives a relatable sense of duty to the audience to prevent the world from going into an apocalyptic state, where everyone only cares about himself or
However, the few high points in the play occur after each underwear model has completed her solo. The scene where each character removes their mask is a freeing movement as the audience is able to see the character’s faces for the first time in the play. This is a high point as the masks were a large part of each character’s costume. The masks forced each character to convey emotion from choreography instead of facial emotions. Since there were not many high points in the play, from the beginning to the end, the play is filled with low points. The low points occur during each underwear model’s solo as images are projected onto the screen that represent each of the four principles, which are death, famine, plague, and war. An example of this low point is when the three accompanying actors realize the images on the screen before war’s solo. This is an incredibly important scene as it is the only time in the play where the characters acknowledge the images behind them. This is a low point in the play as the characters on stage stop dancing and stare the horrifying images of war and death on the screen. This shifts the audience’s attention to the photos as well and the lack of dancing symbolizes the need for the world and people to stop and reflect on the damages and pain that war has caused. The use of Biblical allegory is surprising to me as the images