Top ladies, not mennnnn

In the play Top girls, by Caryl Churchill is very oddly written play. In the start of my reading, I was very confused as to whether or not the characters were actually alive on earth, or dead in another planet, honestly. There were so many characters that I also had trouble distinguishing who was who, and what roles they held. Also, while I was reading and the script progressed, I never quite understood the first act, why all these women were together talking about their past and all these lovers they had, and their dramatic stories. I thought it was odd to bring these women up and then drop them all over again. Then I realized its because as the play moved on, it kept displaying the same type of message, that men are ideally better than women. Women cannot be a boss over a man because that would be unacceptable, and women can only be so smart. I also found it very sad that Marlene gave her daughter to her sister, and her sister Joyce doesn’t even properly take care of her. She puts her down, treats her of dumb, and does not seem to love her as her own child. Overall, this play is creative but very special. I can’t quite say I enjoyed reading it… It was very long and kind of hectic and boring all at the same time.