Sister Act Evaluation

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Sister Act – Evaluation!

The play follows the story of a cabaret singer called Deloris Van Cartier, who becomes part of a witness protection programme, after witnessing a murder at the hands of her boyfriend. Seeking sanctuary with a childhood friend who is now in the police force she is persuaded to lay low in a convent as a nun. However, Mother Superior, who has taken an instant dislike to her for her ‘liberal’ ways, reluctantly gives her a habit.

Initially, she feels like an outcast in the convent, but as time goes by, she adapts to her new lifestyle and joins in with the church choir.  This is when it all goes right for the church, but all wrong for Deloris. She uses her talent to teach the church choir how to sing well, as they were terrible before. However, by modernising the church and jazzing up the hymns, she gathers so much attention that she ends up the headline on a newspaper, and her face is all over America, leading Curtis, her murderous boyfriend straight to her.

During the play, the director shows the audience the journey that Dolores undertakes, in order to show the audience that you need to work together in order to succeed. He shows them that when you work as a team, you can even avoid death, and that friendship is the key to happiness. This is reflected in the relationship between Eddie and Dolores, as they were old friends, he saved her life, and it was only through acceptance and building friendships that the sisters of the convent finally stood up for Dolores when she was threatened at gun point. In my opinion, the director succeeded in getting this message through to the audience.

Firstly, the reason that Mother Superior had to accept Deloris into the convent was because she had taken a vow of hospitality and this applied to all the other nuns. They also had to accept her as it is what God would have wanted, and they are taught to be kind and nurturing. Furthermore, nuns are taught to be welcoming and friendly, and if they didn’t welcome her, they would be betraying God. However, Mary Patrick automatically welcomed her, due to her friendly nature, and this led an example to the other nuns, also Deloris’s relationship with her allowed her build bigger friendship’s with the other nuns.

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In the play, there were a large number of props used; however some of the most prominent props were the rosaries. This was due to the religious symbolism, and their frequent use showed the religious significance in the chapel. Furthermore, there were the bar props used in the bar scene, and as there was a wide variety of them, it helped to show the chaos that was associated within such a place. Most of the props were used to bring character to and to support to support the setting. However, one special prop was Eddie’s gun. This prop showed ...

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