Water By The Spoonful

One moment from a scene where I see realities interacting is in scene 12. In this scene, Odessa has overdosed and Elliot and Yaz are trying to revive her. While they await the ambulance, Odessa’s physical body is in Yaz’s arms, but Odessa’s “spirit” is standing in the room watching everything. She thinks she is at the airport waiting for her next flight. Simultaneously, Orangutan is at the train station, in Japan, sleeping. As a policeman shines a light on Orangutan, “a radiant white light pours in from above” in Odessa’s house. After the policeman turn off his flashlight and Orangutan rises, so does Odessa. I think Hudes has these realities interacting because it highlights something that Odessa says earlier on in the play. She states,”A sober day for you is a sober day for me(43).” I believe this could possibly be an example of what she was referring to. I do not think sobriety was only attributed to the disuse of drugs, but, also, for the strength to gain independence from anything holding them back. This may seem like a stretch, but when Orangutan declined the help of the policeman and stood on her own, so did Odessa. I feel, spiritually or telepathically, Odessa drew from Orangutan. Orangutan’s strength gave her strength. I think this showed a tremendous amount of independence from both characters, and that is why Hudes chose to have these moments cross paths.