SuitabookCastration Celebration
Jake Wizner
- Reading
- Try reading together or checking in after the musical’s ideas about gender appear. This gives you a chance to discuss the humour and viewpoints without assuming the story endorses them.
- Themes
- Gender and dating: Olivia writes a musical censuring men’s wandering eyes, while Max aims to attract women. The setup places contrasting attitudes towards men and women together, but does not show whether the story endorses, criticises or complicates either one.
- Making and performing a musical: Three high school students collaborate on an anti-guy musical during a summer arts programme; Olivia’s musical is performed onstage and in real life. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Families may want to consider whether that comic treatment of dating and gender fits their reader.