Water by the Spoonful (Post 9)

Worlds collide in Water by the Spoonful, however, they do not literally interact with each other.  One moment that stood out to me, in particular, was found at the end of scene twelve on page 74 (on the kindle edition).  The stage directions state that a policeman points a flashlight on Orangutan and that bright beam ends up being seen in Yaz’s world.  We often symbolize the bright white light with going to meet our maker.  It is, essentially, an acceptance of death.  Yaz sees this white light and realizes that it is absolutely okay that Odessa has over-dosed because she will be okay.  She accepts and tells her to go and that she loves her, just to get those final words in.  The policeman is doing his literal job by waking up Orangutan who is sleeping on the train station platform.  Her acceptance is that she cannot be disappointed again and she realizes that she needs to move on from her past and accept that she does not need that family to be happy.

            The realities colliding indicate that no matter where these people are in the world they have a connection.  That connection will be there and it is mainly because of Odessa that these people are okay.  She might not have always been there for these people around her but she’s tried and she’s tried to make it better.  The light is the connection between the two places – Japan and Philedelphia.  These characters need a connection to keep their hope and spirits alive and their addictions dead.