What I liked
The show balances extremes so well, and
I just love how it gives the audience enough credit to trust themselves, trust each other, and trust the Medicine Woman that it is fucked up but it will be okay.
What I didn't like
She did great at displaying her range of skills and talents (and nailed the comedic aspects of the show), but I would like to see her lean even more on her wisdom as a healer, trusting her intuition even more, and maybe even dipping her toe into an audience member’s specific ailment and seeking to offer healing for it.
Maybe like “did anyone come here tonight with a specific issue or illness in their mind that they want to be healed from?”
I know the struggle would be to make sure the audience member doesn’t end up using the show as their personal therapy session or starts venting too much, etc. but I think Medicine Woman’s stern authority could glean the important info and then shut them up if they start to rattle on, which would be funny.
I just know Vero’s got a way of making anyone feel real special. Medicine Woman allows her to do that by sharing her life and body, by trusting the audience (and thrusting the audience), but a part of me thinks the show is only a glimpse of her power! Could she bring sight to the blind?! Fuck around and find out!
My overall impression
I absolutely loved Medicine Woman.
This show hits so many emotional extremes, weaved together by Veronica’s saucy yet heartfelt comedy and natural charm. There’s an exciting “anything could happen” feeling, yet Medicine Woman guides the audience with care through the darkness and the light. You trust her. And she trusts you.
I’d say “she’s not afraid to navigate topics others wouldn’t touch,” but it’s more like it’s something she HAS to do. She’s clearly having fun, testing audience boundaries and cheekily communing with anyone who’s down, but she has deeep shit to share.
