Bossa Nova

I have to admit I was expecting BUST DOWN THE DOOR! to be much longer than it was. I also expected it to require a greater amount of concentration; however, what I found was that it was perhaps easier to grasp the concept of the piece because of its shorter length. What I basically took from the piece was that raid was taking place in the middle of the night and people outside were gathering silently to view the scene. I thought it was interesting that the raid was more from the perspective of the gun holder rather than the victim. The scene that was being played out to the audience in the piece isn’t something that I would classify as a regular occurrence in today’s world. If this did indeed happen to someone, I wonder how many people would just stand around and watch as if this was something normal. In that sense, it reminded me of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”. Perhaps this was an event that was normal to the people involved. I took particular notice to the phrase ‘Bossa Nova’ at the end of the piece (mainly because I had no idea what it meant). So instead of ignoring it, I ran a google search on it and found that it was a popularized style of Brazillian jazz music. In Portugese it means “new trend”. I had to wonder…was this horrific scene portrayed in the piece a type of ‘new trend’ for the community involved? If nothing else, I’m going to assume that the music that accompanied the piece was indeed bossa nova.