The Waiting Room

The key messages of this play are that everyone has beauty, they just need to find it in . People have all different kinds from inner to outer. The problem is most people can't or choose not to see it in themselves and are too focused on how other people see them. Some of the things that Lisa Loomer touches on regarding today's society are how people go and get all of these modern day accessories and changes done to their bodies when they should be focusing on the good things rather than just the bad. For example Wanda, your typical New Jersey blonde, goes out of her way to go under the knife and improve her appearance. Lisa Loomer also talks through Forgiveness about women being below men and not ever being the dominate one. To me I was under the impression that she feels very strongly about how unfair our society is towards women. In this play Forgiveness is in my eyes, an Asian mail-order bride that has all of the duties of an ordinary housewife. Including "doing as told." I didn't quite understand the whole health ordeal in this play but I think Lisa Loomer's trying to opens the eyes of her readers to the real tragedy of cancer and other such diseases. However, I'm not very sure. I don't necessarily believe that the three girls progressed or regressed. The reason why is I feel that they started to realize their own inner beauty but then couldn't steer away from what they looked like in the eyes of others. Wanda towards the end of the play starts to except that she's not perfect and that no one is. She also goes into almost a depression phase and starts feeling bad for herself. It seems as though she is just striving for attention. However, I do believe that Wanda has progressed somewhat in the sense that before she was hesitant when it came to opening herself up to others but know she has been able to share her past and where she comes from. My whole family got... cancer. (touches her breasts) My grandmother ... (touches her stomach) My grandfather ... (touches her breast) My aunt ... (touches her groin) My uncle ... (hits her head) Her wife..." That has really helped her prosper because people have a better understanding of who she really is.
Forgiveness starts from pretty much nothing and has always done whatever her husband had told her. However, now she's become more independent and has started think more on her own two feet. She doesn't only rely on her husband to live her life for her.
Ken and Larry a doctor and an FDA agent, both seem to just be neutral and uninteresting. I don't think that Lisa Loomer was very clear on her perspective on the pharmaceutical industries.
I think that the way the Lisa Loomer concluded the play was interesting but somewhat confusing. She reconnected to the main idea and plot of the play but at the same time made everything make sense. She really captured the idea of beauty and each person in the plays view on it.