The way they are written is vastly different. One of the difference is the Greek chorus that Vogel includes to play all the characters but Uncle Peck and Lil Bit. There could be a myriad of reasons why Vogel chose this but the main one is because it heavily emphasizes Uncle Peck and Lil Bit's relationship. If you had given each character its own permanent actor it would make them and their story lines more substantial to the audience. With the Greek chorus the other characters become a sort of blur around Peck and Lil Bit and their relationship to each other and to the other characters is crystal clear. Obviously the opinions of the other characters are not important to P and B and they don't have too much of an effect on them. It's like they are faceless beings in P and B's story and while they do have lines and are a part of the story they aren't really essential. Their parts could be told through other ways like a monologue from Lil Bit or dialouge between P and B, so it's interesting that she chooses the Greek chorus to give theses characters their voice.
Another choice that's interesting to me is why she has the "Uncle Peck Teaches Cousin Bobby How to Fish" scene somewhat randomly in the play. Why even include that in the show, what does that have to do with the rest of the story. I just realized as I was typing the title is we don't really know how he is a cousin to Lil Bit. Is Bobby Uncle Peck's son? That would be interesting if Uncle Peck had a kid with his wife and whether or not that effected how he was towards Lil Bit or if Lil Bit felt guilty about that, because she said she felt bad about doing all that to her aunt. You also wonder towards the end becuase their is no written proof whether or not Uncle Peck molested Bobby in the end. I'm still not sure why this scene is included. Any ideas?
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