Not a top Play

Top Girls was to me a very odd play. I enjoyed the first act because it gave the history of all these women, and they all had very interesting stories. Although, reading the lines correctly gave me a headache every now and then, and I think hearing it live would be ridiculous because everyone speaks over one another. I also had the problem of forgetting who was who because of how they overlapped one another and the dialogue never stopped. I also did not know if the women were alive or dead at first. It becomes apparent that they are dead, but I then I began to wonder where they were and why they were together in the first place. I also did not understand why the first act was in the play in the first place and why only Marlene appeared again, but the other women were never heard of again. Reading other people's blogs, I see that the first act was suppose to get the point across that women are better than men, but I still do not see that very well. The rest of the play was alright, but it was not the best. The fact the Marlene was Angie's mother was interesting, but not enough that I was engrossed in the play. I very bored with it at times and found myself skimming some of the pages because I stopped caring. I would have rather read a play about the women at dinner. They seemed way more interesting than Angie and her problem.