Miss Firecracker Contest Play Analysis

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Sydney Batson
DRA-111-01W
07/30/15
Performance Review

“The Miss Firecracker Contest”

Yesterday night I reviewed the play “The Miss Firecracker Contest” In Wilmington, North Carolina at Big Dawg Productions. The play started out as Carnell Scott, 24-year-old orphaned southern girl who lives in Brookhaven, Mississippi. She is tap dancing in her room with a purple leotard and some kitchen utensils used as creative batons practicing her routine for The Miss Firecracker Contest. Carnell’s father dropped her off at her aunt’s Ronelle’s house with her two cousins, Delmount Williams and Elain Rutledge. Delmount was put into a mental institution after a fight gone wrong, while Elain married well with a rich man. Aunt Ronelle had recently died …show more content…

Her red dress does not end up fitting her perfectly and adds a different shade of red strip to the waist and it is very noticeable. On one of the acts, she trips and falls. The crowd laughs and throws random items at her while calling her “Miss Hot Tamale”. In Carnell’s last patriotic act, she aces it and thinks it’ll give her a second chance in winning. When the results for the contest roll around, she sees that she didn’t win first place in the The Miss Firecracker Contest, she came in very last at 5th place. She is …show more content…

I don’t think that is bad either, because that is what they wanted and they achieved their goal. The Miss Firecracker show is entertaining and hilarious all in one. Popeye is witty and awkward, Carnell strives attention, Elaine is a southern bell, and Delemount acts crazy the entire time. I loved it. I wasn’t sure what the play was about when I bought the tickets but it is definitely something that I would do again. I didn’t see any problems with the play either. The scenery was representational, the actors understood their role, it was entertaining, the lighting was on schedule and accurately completed, and their costumes fit perfectly in the

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