Sideshow College Society

Recently, I have attended Side Show the musical written in 1997 at the University Theater at the University of Texas at Dallas. Even though the musical takes place in the 1930’s, you can see how it relates to today college society. I believe the major relation to today’s society is the tempo and non-stop performance. We are so intertwined to be constantly stimulated that it is hard to stay in a theater or watch a movie that is longer than an hour and a half. Side Show lasted nearly 3 hours including intermission and during this time, rarely had a point where either the orchestra wasn’t playing or the performers weren’t singing. Another relation to today’s college society is the drama. Dreams from the Siamese twins, Daisy wanted fame and Violet yearned for love in a nice quite place. This separation of interest, in my opinion describes the two different goals of college students today. However, seeing as they were connected, it would be hard for one to achieve what she wanted without the other losing her dream. A love triangle and mixed emotions shower the scene, which make me thing of a lot of shows that you might watch on MTV such as Taking the Stage.