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Plot synopsis: Oklahoma
Jul. 21st, 2014 12:15 pmYou really forget how much everyone is just a raging dick throughout Oklahoma.
Lead female, Laurey: Likes lead male, Curly, but likes to pretend that she doesn't because Reasons. Nothing could go wrong here.
Lead male, Curly: Likes lead female, Laurey, but likes to pretend that he doesn't because Reasons. Or something. Mostly because she acts like she doesn't like him and he's all butthurt.
In response to their dicking around and not just screwing each other already, Laurey agrees to go to the dance with the farmhand, Jud. She is terrified of Jud. He gives her the creeps. He has naked ladies pinned up in his shed and YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. But she's all: I'm going to go out with the person I've clearly stated I think will rape me at night unless I don't lock my doors because REASONS OF SPITE.
Curly gets all mad and, like any good dude we're supposed to like, decides to deal with this by trying to convince Jud he should KILL HIMSELF. That's right. Because trying to talk a guy into suicide is not considered a total dick move in this musical. It is a TOTAL dick move, just in case we're not clear.
Laurey can't decide between men, even though she's pretty sure one would rape her if given the chance and she clearly loves the other one and he loves her. Indecision! (Gee, I don't know which one *I'd* pick--Rapey McStalkerEyes or "good-guy"-who-wants-people-to-kill-themselves.) So she takes drugs and has a trippy dream.
1st half of the dream: Happy life with Curly.
2nd half of the dream: Horror and whores! Jud's whores. Gasp! Because whores are THE WORST, you know. They go about dancing and Jud forces Laurey to look at them. She doesn't want to because WHORES. But he's like, "No, no, you'll look at my dancing whores and you'll like it." Then he goes down the line and hits the whores--like some choreographed whack-a-whore game.
At the end of the dream there's a sequence where Jud hangs Curly with a rope. Normally an innocuous gesture, but the fact that in this community theater version Curly was the only black person on stage surrounded by white townfolk while being hung.... Man, you'd think they would have just made the decision in the dream sequence to have Jud get stabby or something.
But Laurey still goes to the dance with Jud after she wakes up. Because, you know. I, for one, think Jud is getting the short end of the stick here. He's a lonely farmhand who really likes porn and everyone thinks is creepy--but they don't really have any reason to think he's creepy. And some dude just tried to convince him that the whole world would be better if he killed himself. I think Laurey is kind of stupid and her fears are pretty much based on drug-dreams. Seriously. The only "bad" thing that Jud has done...is like Laurey.
But anyway.
People dance. Jud and Curly get into a bidding war for Laurey's basket of food at the auction. Because it's a euphemism for her virginity or something. People are kind of dicks about Jud again.
Curly and Laurey get married. Jud shows up all drunk and mad and tries to kill Curly. He stabs himself with his own knife. They hold a sham trial in which the acquit Curly because he's such a good guy and everyone likes him. Curly and Laurey ride off into the sunset. Jud is dead, just like everyone wanted. WHORES!
Oh, and there's this side-story about Ado Annie--the "girl who can't say no". It's kind of fabulous. Her song contains the line, "Whenever I lose a wrestling match, I get the funny feeling that I've won." She owns her desire and wants to have sex with all the boys. Naturally this is not okay with anyone else and many shotguns are waved in response. Laurey, in particular, is critical (of course she would be--eyeroll)...but I love her.
The end.
Lead female, Laurey: Likes lead male, Curly, but likes to pretend that she doesn't because Reasons. Nothing could go wrong here.
Lead male, Curly: Likes lead female, Laurey, but likes to pretend that he doesn't because Reasons. Or something. Mostly because she acts like she doesn't like him and he's all butthurt.
In response to their dicking around and not just screwing each other already, Laurey agrees to go to the dance with the farmhand, Jud. She is terrified of Jud. He gives her the creeps. He has naked ladies pinned up in his shed and YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. But she's all: I'm going to go out with the person I've clearly stated I think will rape me at night unless I don't lock my doors because REASONS OF SPITE.
Curly gets all mad and, like any good dude we're supposed to like, decides to deal with this by trying to convince Jud he should KILL HIMSELF. That's right. Because trying to talk a guy into suicide is not considered a total dick move in this musical. It is a TOTAL dick move, just in case we're not clear.
Laurey can't decide between men, even though she's pretty sure one would rape her if given the chance and she clearly loves the other one and he loves her. Indecision! (Gee, I don't know which one *I'd* pick--Rapey McStalkerEyes or "good-guy"-who-wants-people-to-kill-themselves.) So she takes drugs and has a trippy dream.
1st half of the dream: Happy life with Curly.
2nd half of the dream: Horror and whores! Jud's whores. Gasp! Because whores are THE WORST, you know. They go about dancing and Jud forces Laurey to look at them. She doesn't want to because WHORES. But he's like, "No, no, you'll look at my dancing whores and you'll like it." Then he goes down the line and hits the whores--like some choreographed whack-a-whore game.
At the end of the dream there's a sequence where Jud hangs Curly with a rope. Normally an innocuous gesture, but the fact that in this community theater version Curly was the only black person on stage surrounded by white townfolk while being hung.... Man, you'd think they would have just made the decision in the dream sequence to have Jud get stabby or something.
But Laurey still goes to the dance with Jud after she wakes up. Because, you know. I, for one, think Jud is getting the short end of the stick here. He's a lonely farmhand who really likes porn and everyone thinks is creepy--but they don't really have any reason to think he's creepy. And some dude just tried to convince him that the whole world would be better if he killed himself. I think Laurey is kind of stupid and her fears are pretty much based on drug-dreams. Seriously. The only "bad" thing that Jud has done...is like Laurey.
But anyway.
People dance. Jud and Curly get into a bidding war for Laurey's basket of food at the auction. Because it's a euphemism for her virginity or something. People are kind of dicks about Jud again.
Curly and Laurey get married. Jud shows up all drunk and mad and tries to kill Curly. He stabs himself with his own knife. They hold a sham trial in which the acquit Curly because he's such a good guy and everyone likes him. Curly and Laurey ride off into the sunset. Jud is dead, just like everyone wanted. WHORES!
Oh, and there's this side-story about Ado Annie--the "girl who can't say no". It's kind of fabulous. Her song contains the line, "Whenever I lose a wrestling match, I get the funny feeling that I've won." She owns her desire and wants to have sex with all the boys. Naturally this is not okay with anyone else and many shotguns are waved in response. Laurey, in particular, is critical (of course she would be--eyeroll)...but I love her.
The end.
