Side Show: The Musical takes place in the past; it addresses many issues that still go on today. The musical focuses particularly on discrimination against the disabled and odd balls in society. Although college has come along way in America, issues pertaining punishment and rewards based upon outward appearances are just another daily routine everyone runs through. Punishment and rewards in a more indirect subtle way through comments and complements. Though teasing is no longer usually a main source of harassment, the lack of similar treatment that the disabled and “odd people” still poses as a prominent cause for depression and anxiety. Side Show: The Musical demonstrated this in a more literal blatant sense due to the love dilemma themes between the business men and Siamese twins.
Another sad part in society that this musical reveals is that many college students share similar worries about finding a future mate with unknown genetic disabilities. I find many people saying “I don’t know what I would do if my kid ended up genetically impaired”. This issue ironically though it’s bluntly insensitive, it is a realistic concern. The “Freaks” could be described in today’s standards as these people who are oppressed in society. The oppression that the protagonists Daisy and Violet experienced resulted in their anxiety and depression, which in the real world is quite realistic also.
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