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Stop Kiss Reflection

This reflection discusses the play "Stop Kiss" by Diana Son. The play examines a hate crime against two women through the lens of their developing romantic relationship. It explores human emotion and relationships by alternating scenes that take place before and after the assault. One impactful scene shows how much one of the characters, Callie, cares for her injured partner Sara. The reflection notes that the play highlights relevant LGBTQ+ issues and features characters that many audience members could relate to as they navigate relationships and identity.

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Stop Kiss Reflection

This reflection discusses the play "Stop Kiss" by Diana Son. The play examines a hate crime against two women through the lens of their developing romantic relationship. It explores human emotion and relationships by alternating scenes that take place before and after the assault. One impactful scene shows how much one of the characters, Callie, cares for her injured partner Sara. The reflection notes that the play highlights relevant LGBTQ+ issues and features characters that many audience members could relate to as they navigate relationships and identity.

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Anna Gassett

Jim Price

Acting

12 November 2019

Stop Kiss Reflection

This play conveys a very important message for today’s society. With the rise of

awareness for LGBTQ+ rights issues in modern America, this play tells a story worth hearing. It

examines a hate crime through the prism of a love story. Throughout the play, relationships are

explored, formed, and even ended. Diana Son elaborates on the depths of human emotion and

compassion which drew me in making this my favorite play I have read so far for this class.

This play has an interesting form. Son never depicts the incident following Callie and

Sara’s first kiss in which they are attacked by a man who beats Sara into a coma. Instead, the

audience witnesses the relationship between the two women and what happens after the attack,

and its effects, physical and psychological, on Callie. Though both women experience a

crossroads in life, this play highlights Callie’s journey. The story is told out of chronological

order: alternating scenes take place respectively before and after the assault, which is not shown

onstage. It took a few scenes into reading for me to understand this pattern.

One of the scenes that hit me the most is when Callie is in Sara’s hospital room and

untucks the sheet and rolls it back so that Sara’s feet are exposed. This reveals how much Callie

cares about her. She truly yearns for more that she can do to help Sara instead of just sitting back

and feeling depressed about the situation. Callie is a very observant human. She remembers the

little nuances of the people around her, such as the fact that Sara’s feet get hot when she sleeps,
and she typically sleeps with the sheet going the other way so that her feet are exposed. This

quality makes Callie an easily likable character.

This play also kept me intrigued because of the fact that Sara is from St. Louis, Missouri,

and that is where I am from. There are several instances when Sara mentions things about St.

Louis such as living in Chesterfield and teaching at a private school. St. Louis is known for

having some of the best all-girl and all-boy Catholic high schools. I attended one of them. I

laughed out loud when Sara said, “Older lesbians just stay home and read. That’s what everyone

in St. Louis does, stays home and brews their own beer or does their e-mail.” This is honestly

such a true statement.

I have really enjoyed reading this play and I found a lot of interesting themes and

concepts within it. Neither Sara nor Callie identify themselves as lesbians, rather they are

insecure and unsure of who they truly are. Callie specifically is an avoider. She likes to avoid

things she doesn’t want to deal with. Many people are bound to be going through similar

situations, so this is a play that many audience members can connect with and see themselves

being represented on stage throughout. Overall, I fell in love with this play’s characters and

found it very poignant and uplifting.

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