Silent Movie, more than text

In the play, Silent Movie by Jessica Hagedorn, Emma and Lucy are united in a relationship of pleasure and authority. It is evident they please each other in companionship and sexually, but its not certain if they are both there in free will. Emma has the authority over Lucy by title, but towards the end it seems the other way around almost as if Lucy could have manipulated Emma into doing what she had done.

Class differences

Both characters shape the class differences in that Lucy is Emma's maid,  and when things come down to it, Emma loses her head, and Lucy controls the situation. This shows that even though things tend to be easier for Emma, she cant control her emotions under pressure, which makes it almost evident that Lucy has been in situations similar to this, or that she has something to do with it all.

Racial differences

The racial differences depicted by these characters in the play is and can be very questionable. A noticeable racial difference is how they refer to the older Chinese man as the "chink". Also, they refer to him as a harmless old man, as if he couldn't even consider touching them. He was close to nothing in the women's eyes, therefore marking the difference and setting up a "White Racial Frame" in which the whites are above all the "non-whites"

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