Sometimes, we have certain experiences or listen to stories that stir something within us, making us want to write about our feelings and the insights we gain. Writers often strive to understand those complex emotions. Putting our thoughts down on paper can be a really valuable way to express ourselves and reflect on things. For me, this kind of reflection usually ends up with me writing a play.
When I was on vacation in Mexico, I was browsing YouTube and watched some videos. I came across videos of women talking about their strong wishes to get much larger breast augmentations. Some of the reasons they gave were quite bold. This made me start thinking about what drives people to go for such significant enhancements. I took those feelings and used them to create a play called “Big Breasts.”
This short play is about a woman who already has breast implants but wants to increase their size to 3000cc. Her sister believes she’s going with her to the plastic surgeon’s office to talk about reducing the breast size. But then she discovers the real truth.
While I was doing research for the play, I found a plastic surgeon’s website. On it, there was a catalogue that showed breast implants in order, from smallest to largest size. The catalogue is supposed to help clients decide what size they want. Let me say, this catalogue ranges from 200cc all the way up to 4,200cc!
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), breast augmentation is the most common cosmetic surgical procedure in the United States. In 2022, 16.5% of all the plastic surgery procedures done were breast augmentations. For more than ten years, this procedure has been at the top among cosmetic surgeries. It has also proven to be very resilient, even during different economic situations.
With this play, I’m looking into why one woman wants to go from having big breasts to having extremely big ones. The play will be performed in March and April. It will be the third play in a set of three short one-act plays. By putting it in the third spot, I hope that audience members can enjoy the first two plays without feeling too overwhelmed by the topic of the last play. But if they want to, they can leave before the start of the third play.
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