Liz in How I Learned to Drive
The most disconcerting moment for me of the whole play was after the hotel scene, where it show the first time little bit got molested. The technical aspects of this scene sre perfect, I felt uncomfortable as all hell. I felt like that voice would be in my head forever, when the light shined and lil bit was getting felt up, liz as part of the greek chorus became her voice, in this instance became innocence as it was about to be lost. It hit home. No matter what sympathy you may have for uncle peck, no matter how much you think lil bit was asking for it and not enforcing her decision for "the line", it hit home. This man is a monster for what he did, this is not to say he is completely to blame for his actions, however he is still a monster.The scene with her voice on lil bit scared the crap out of me. As liz pantomined all the actions that lil bit did, I could feel that everything that was happening physically to lil bit, was happening to her very soul. And Liz was that soul, I admire liz for being able to pull it off so well, her very mannerisms begat the innocence and shock that is going through lil bits mind. We see liz in that role only once, her other roles are great,no question, but we never see liz as the innocence of lil bit after that or during the play because, somewhat like a mix of memento and quentin tarantino we see glimpses of the past, and we connect the dots to find that her innocence is gone, forever lost, taken away by the sympathetic monster.
posted by IPDB @ 11:00 PM
2 Comments:
I think that is what they were trying to get at with Liz using a very childish voice. I belive Vogel wanted to convey the point that she IS a child and she is being molested by an adult man. She doesn't know what's going on, she doesn't understand, she is just going on with it cause it's cool to drive. Using a child's voice in that scence is imparitive because it helps to convey the idea that she is so young when this begins, its not her looking for a relationship.
-Ann
The first time I saw the play I thought I was going to be upset throughout the whole show. I wasn't. I was moved to tears when Liz became the voice of Li'l Bit and Li'l Bit got molested for the first time.
I agree that she did an amazing job.
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