What I liked
Somewhere in the midst of warmly satirical boy craze and light maternal resentment, Roni makes a hilarious flippant apology to feminist Gloria Steinem. LOLs aside, Roni is clearly a new wave feminist — she’s effervescence personified, unapologetically femme and modern. Her doll, her hot pink leggings, and her Y2K cheetah print top are acknowledged with tongue-in-cheek references to Elle Woods, Amanda Bynes, and Lindsay Lohan — she is perfectly in that gorgeous, not-to-be-fucked-with world, and in this, the positive messaging is clear.
Also Her Hair. The show’s never-forgotten second character. It’s remarkable. It’s hard to believe that it fits in a swim cap. But she proves that it does, live, on stage… ugh it’s so thrilling…
What I didn't like
The show’s vibrant, lightning-fast pace complements its themes of hyperactivity and competition — it needs to be this way! But in one or two moments where I felt that the actress herself, not the character, was somehow feeling a pressure to rush (I wonder why — she’s going from hula hooping, to swimming on land, to a quick change bat mitzvah… it’s remarkable), I wanted to reach out and say we don’t need you to rush, we wanna sit with every hilarious word! ;) <3
My overall impression
Although the play on the (semi) fictional MADD disease tells you all you need to know about this hilarious point of view, I didn’t expect just how brilliant it would be! Wish I could see it for a second or third time!
