Vagina Monologues

Personally I think that the video of Eve Ensler was much more captivating and easier to understand than it is to read the monologues.  I feel as if while i am reading the stories, there is no emotion involved because it is up to the reader to interpret what the character is feeling.  It is also harder to follow the plot when there is nothing to watch and nothing to hear except what is in the individual's head.  While performing "The Flood" live, Eve did a very good job at telling the story of the old woman and even changed her voice to give the audience more of a sense of what is happening.  When I read "The Flood" I wasn't able to really get a feel for the way the women sounded, or the tone in which she was speaking.  Once I saw the video I was able to see how she sounded and the way she spoke, this changed my perception of the story and I feel like I understand it better now.  It seems as though Eve uses comedy, and her charisma to captivate her audience and get them to feel more comfortable about the subject matter.  This can only be portrayed in person rather than in a book because of the visual aspect involved.  In "The Flood" for example, The old woman says, "I can't tell you this. I can't do this, talk about down there. You just know it's there."  This is supposed to show the old woman's reluctance to talk about her private parts, but it is shown much more clearly when it is performed because she mimics the voice of the woman and paints a good picture of her attitude.  It is easy to understand the plot in each of the individual monologues, but in order to fully grasp the message and see the emotion involved with the monologues it is necessary to see it performed.