Reflection In Baby Teeth
Baby Teeth, a play written by Layla Merritt focuses on a man named Michael, who is a black male in his early 20’s with a very youthful appearance.Michael comes across as an adolescent boy and whose seen as a baby to those around him. As a result, he struggles with allowing others to see he is no longer a boy, but rather a grown man.Throughout the play, has several encounters that want to alter his appearance. He desires to appear older than what others see of him because he wants for everyone to see the “real Michael”. As it is later revealed, Michael’s alteration was a bad choice. He felt as if his youthful appearance overshadowed the man he tried to get everyone to see and didn 't think about what the consequences could conceivably be.
Michael struggles severely with his appearance.More specifically, the opinions of those in his everyday life, no one sees him as an adult. In turn, it alters the way everyone treats him and drives Michael to want others to recognize him as the man he is.To them, it is as though he is of intellectual and taking part in adult-like activities. For instance, at work, Michael’s colleagues take his ideas as jokes and then twist them into their own ideas. “What about a cashback interim period? (Rowdy laughter) A cashback interim period? (laughs) Come on Babyteeth, stop making jokes…How about rewards. Then we also build loyalty… Love it man” (pg. 5-6). As depicted in this part of the play, Michael isn’t seen as a man worthy of producing good
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