A Poorer Version of a God (#4)

         If I were to stage My Love, My Love, I would make sure Ti Moune stood out as a unique character who is uncategorizable among the peasant, the wealthy, and the gods.  She would share traits of all three.  The single most important thing would make her distinguishable at first glance.  At first, I thought about choosing a specific color, similar to the way we dressed the gods in class.  However, she is a unique character who does not fit in any category and I feel this is important to display.  Rather than making her limited to one color, she should be dressed in many colors representing different aspects.  Some of these aspects should display her connection to the gods.  She would wear a skirt on which the colors of the gods (pink, green, blue and black) should be intertwined.  There should however, be no specific pattern with small details as it will be hard to see on stage.  The pattern could be loose swirls almost as if food coloring was dropped into water.  This would also create a sense of mystery and curiosity to Ti Moune.  The basic look of her costume would be similar to the peasants because she has ultimately grown up poor.  This means she would wear a loose peasant-looking skirt and a basic shirt.  In addition, her feet would be bare.  That being said, the look would be just different enough at close glance that she would seem different from other peasants.  Besides portraying mystery, Ti Moune should also display some funky cuts maybe an uneven trim on her skirt or some gatherings in the fabric to make her different from other peasants.  it is difficult to imagine Ti Moune having fashion similarities to the rich because her family does not have the resources.  She identifies with the rich in her daydreaming which is already portrayed in her costume, but it would be unrealistic to dress her very similarly with the rich.  One possible way would be to look more put together than the other peasants, but I think this is a bit abstract compared to the other, more valuable connections previously established. Overall, Ti Moune’s costume would uniquely stand out from the other characters, but it will only establish strong connections with some aspects due to staging and the nature of the character’s background.