side show: what it shows about society now

The musical assigned as the 2nd performance report assignment:
Side show was written loosely based on the true happenings in the read lives of Violet and Daisy. When thinking about this musical, I thought of how fake everything is. Right now, in a college environment, it seems as through the people here are in their own world. The people here are still being sheltered from the true world. People are so fake in a college setting. Everyone is out to impress and make false promises of wonderful things and yet are unable to fulfill them since they were false to begin with. In addition to addressing the point that nothing is as it seems, Sideshow also addresses the point that people are essentially alone. There will be many people who will claim to never leave you or be with you forever, but it is truly false. In the college setting you learn that you meet people today that you may never see again starting tomorrow. However, there are those who can be found in this society that will stay with you. Those these are rare, they are not nonexistent. Mostly it is family. Many come to college relieved to finally be away from their families only to realize what their family meant to them. Without anyone, college is lonely place with nothing. Many students learn the value of family and gain much better relations with their family members.

College is also a time of new trials. With these new trials, one may see the true face of some people they thought they knew, just as Daisy and Violet saw the true face of people they thought they knew. This can be a good thing or a bad thing in that you may find that there is someone you never saw a someone you could have a relationship with or it could be a bad thing in that you may find there is a person who has been playing you this whole time.

Sideshow addresses the more realistic side of human relations, the side that isn't shown often since it is obviously not appealing nor very entertaining to talk about but is nonetheless a necessary to be discussed since it is real and happening back when the real Daisy and Violet were alive, now and will continue to happen in the future.