performance responses

first performance is Percy, coal and Amy's mom to son. One thing that they emphasize about the poem is the interaction between mom and son. In the performance, son's angry face when his mom take away his phone and how disappointing his mom is. This is the way I think how mom want tell son something but son just want to play his mobile phone. What I think different Is the poem itself is about his mom trying to teach son something but in the performance there are not a lot of talking. On the other hand most of it are silence which really impressed me because silence not makes me feel the main point of the performance is off the topic of the poem but more close to it. For example, mom knock on son's shoulders makes the performance very interactive which makes me feels mom is teaching son something. While mom's shake hand and son's impatient is the performance really puts it into the stage.

second performance is Tony's mom to son. This version of mom to son is really different from the previous one. Because there are lots of talking in the performance which match my assumption of how mom teaches son. For example they add the scene of son back to home and apologize to his mom which makes me impressive. The difference between the performance and poem is the poem is someone's monologue but not two person's interact with each other. But it's good that they have a lot fo interaction with each other because they create a plot that is reasonable and connect to the main idea of the poem. By performances the plot, it's easier for audiences to understand that are they performance about. Also, son's motivation really brings it into the stage because when he is angry about his mom talking to him about collage, the motivation of angry and walks out is excellent of present of the poem.