Hiding behind your 'Happy Place'? Local play highlights dangers of toxic positivity
Happy Place, starring Jo Tan, Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai, and Jamil Schulze, runs 4-7 May at Gateway Theatre.
tackles head-on, directed by the Chong Tze Chien and running from Thursday to Sunday , at Gateway Theatre in the heart of Bukit Merah. Val's character is captivating because of her persistent need to put a positive spin on everything, even when it's not appropriate. She forces her former best friend, Estee , who is a political Instagram poet, to focus only on the positive. This includes trivialising Estee's insecurities about her double chin and ignoring the potential catastrophic consequences of the "Evanescence" situation.
While it is great to have a happy place to escape when things get tough, it is important to remember that sometimes it is okay not to be okay. We need to acknowledge our true feelings and not to let the pressure always to be positive consume us.
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