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PREMISE
A boxer reflects on the lenses world perceives him in: a champion, a fighter, and
a gay man.
CHARACTER/DIALOGUE OF F
It makes sense that we dont know a whole lot about F. Hes a boxer, hes gay,
and hes pretty lonely. I love the contrast between the inherent masculinity of
boxing contrasted with the stereotypical feminine notion of homosexuality. His
father is an influence on him, being a former boxer and all, but F is also fighting
stereotypes and the constraints society puts on the LGBT community to act and
do things a certain way. Does F want his dad to see him box? Planting seeds of
his homosexuality should be placed earlier. It took nearly 30 pages in the script
before I wrote down in my notes: Is F gay?
The dialogue is for the most part a monologue of Fs. Again, having some bits in
quotation marks and others not is confusing while reading this play. It is unclear
if these are truly other roles to be played by other actors in the show or if they
are all to be portrayed by F, perhaps in different voices. I dont fully buy Fs
dialogue at times. The setting of the play is roughly 3 AM in a gym. As a boxer
who probably has mild brain damage from fighting as well as fatigue from being
up so late, I doubt he would be spouting all these perfect metaphors and
beautiful imagery about what its like to be in the ring.
Some dialogue highlights
FEASIBILITY
A boxer working out by himself in a gym late at night is simple enough for
smaller theatre productions to put on while larger companies can easily add
theatricality to the flashback/flash-forward scenes, making them more lavish.
Provided that Fs monologues become more clear in why hes telling us what hes
telling and the flashbacks/flash-forwards have clearer purposes, audiences will
latch onto this story and the inner struggles F deals with. There is not a clear
pandering to any specific demographics (except adults), so this could work
regardless of majority males or females in the audience. Everyone can relate to
the feeling of hiding ones true self and being stuck with a label/position
someone else gave you.