Threepenny Oprea: Production Concept Of The Play (Movie Review Sample)

Threepenny Opera
Name
Institution
Threepenny Opera
Part I
‘The Threepenny Opera’ production concept utilizes costume, lighting, sound, and other elements to show depravity in the societies. The play talks of Polly, Peachum’s daughter, who falls in love with Macheath. After learning about their relationship, Polly’s parents are enraged not mainly because Macheath was a criminal, but because he was a competitor to Polly’s father, who in a way is a thief like Macheath. He trains street people or beggars on how to prey on the public's mercy and gets a share of their begged earnings. Brown, a friend to Macheath and the chief of police, keeps Macheath out of jail, but Jenny, Macheath’s former girlfriend turns him in, but the Queen saves him from execution.
One of production concept the play utilizes is a simple setting. The production utilizes a poor look, especially in the first scene that revolves around beggars. There is also the use of old clothes to signify poverty and weakness. The producer also uses music to bring out the meaning of the play. There is an interplay of songs to signify light and dark deeds in the play. For example, sunny music in the in ‘The Ballard of Mack the Knife’ illustrates the dark deeds. The play also utilizes dangerous aspect to reflect on the capitalist society where people exploit others for them to be successful. For example, the white gloves, which Macheath wears hides his true character. Many love him because he is attractive but in reality, he is a terrible person. The play also utilizes the moon, which appears whenever love is in the air. The play seems to be unifying around the moon. Polly sings about the moon in expressing her love to Macheath. It also shows hope in the play. Brown looks at the moon and hopes the police do not catch Macheath. There is the sex concept, mainly expressed by Macheath. It shows how people in the society are driven by their desires. Brecht utilizes prostitution in the play to show that everyone is selling something in the capitalist system.
Part 2
One moment that is not directly related to the play is the part when Peachum opposes Polly from being in a relationship with Macheath because he is a criminal. The play illustrates Peachum being very angry with her daughter, making viewers to see father’s love in Peachum. However, his worries are different. He is opposed to their relationship only because Macheath is his competitor. They are both thieves as Peachum steals from the public by training beggars on how to pretend, for them to gain public’s mercy. Another moment is the use of alterations of acting styles. This is evident when Mrs. Peachum sings a sexual song at a brothel. Jenny...