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The Miss Firecracker Contest

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The Miss Firecracker Contest by Beth Henley tells a story of acceptance. This drama address many issues to create a positive conclusion by explaining happiness, insecurities and true beauty. In the play's opening the characters retain no acumen on how to reach joy. Elaine has the potential to feel love and satisfaction but instead she acts acrimoniously towards her beauty. She thinks of the man who adores her as a nuisance instead of enjoying his affection. Delmount turned a blessed life into his "checkered past". Carnelle shows the most gloom through her low self-esteem. She enters the contest in search of other's approval and approbation. She tries to force people into complimenting her but some abjure and ignore these pleas. Her attempts at beauty finally lead her to true elegance as the story concludes. Instead of searching for other's respect, she realizes to gain anyone's supports she needs to respect herself first. The other characters come to conclusions about their issues and all can now face life with alacrity. The Miss Firecracker Contest concludes a gratifying story with an impressive ending.

"The Miss Firecracker Contest" by Beth Henley is a truly excellent play. It follows Carnelle Scott, who is 24 and is entering the "Contest". It is essentially just a beauty pageant on July 4th of every year. Elain Rutledge, who is Carnelle's cousin, won it years ago and now Carnelle is looking to win it to prove something to the townsfolk (She used to sleep around with a lot of men, earning the nickname "Hot Tamale", and even got syphilis once). Delmount Willaims, Elain's brother, had not been heard from in a while, but returns to sell the house and all the furniture, and is strongly against Carnelle entering the contest. Popeye Jackson is Carnelle's newly acquired friend and seamstress for the pageant, and Popeye develops a crush on Delmount. I don't want to go to much farther, but this is a rare show where 6 oddball characters blend well, and its a dark comedy with a lot of heart in it. I highly recommend it.