Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Essay

On Tuesday October 18th I went to the Hippodrome to watch my very first play and I must say, it was the best experience I’ve had with theater. I’ve been part of several school productions but I’ve never took my time out one watch one. The play titled “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” is about a child star named Jane who is favored by her father because of her talent. Her older sister Blanche is overlooked because she was not as famous as Baby Jane. One night returning after a party, one of the sisters were drunk while going back home, one of the sister’s got out of the car to open the gate leading up to their house, the other sister attempted to run her over because of jealousy and that actually led to Blanche ending up being paralyzed. Because of that, Jane ended up getting stuck taking care of her sister Blanche. Overall the play was fantastic and the
In films especially, the music always matches to what the character is actually feeling. If the character is feeling good, there’s always going to be cheerful music. If the character is not feeling so well, to match that, the music will be a little bit down and depression. The set of “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” fulfill that needs musically. From the very beginning you could tell exactly how a character is feeling. The background music was overall perfect. You could tell when Jane was in a bad mood as well as when Blanche was dying inside. The music is supposed to make you experience what the characters are feeling. To try to get into your head and put you exactly in their shoes to see why they’re acting the way that they are. In the beginning, Jane was singing “I’ve written a letter to Daddy.” The tone was overall happy because she was very cheerful during that part of the performance. Although she missed her daddy, but she was still happy to write to him. Music is one of the most important key factors to productions and it was one of the reasons why I enjoyed the play so