San Francisco is the home of the premier of Eve Ensler’s new play: The Good Body. Like The Vagina Monologues, this play is a series of monologues. Only, this time, Eve is addressing the entire female body image in general. I’ve heard some of the monologues – they are absolutely fantastic. I strongly encourage anyone who can to attend; it should be a powerful play.
Whether undergoing Botox or living under burkhas, women of all cultures and backgrounds feel compelled to change the way they look in order to fit in with their particular culture, in order to be accepted, in order to be good. In The Good Body, Ensler explores their experiences with monologues representing women from Bombay to Beverly Hills. Delivering narratives collected in locker rooms, cell blocks, boardrooms, and bedrooms, Ensler frames their stories with her own personal journey from a self-loathing teenager to a (sometimes) self-accepting adult. Interspersed throughout are riotous excerpts from Ensler’s lifelong dialogue with her belly-a sassy and conniving antagonist in its own right.