Later Myrna is having a conversation with her fiance, Jim, about her twin sister Myra’s employment. “She is a cocktail waitress,” in this line she emphasizes the word Cocktail; as an audience member I was given the impression that Myrna believes that her sister’s job is filth. Already the audience had insight into the relationship between the twins.
Again Sarah chose how to portray the “good” twin by her choice of where to pause in her lines. By pausing after the first word so she gave an example of how Myrna is the gentle twin; thinking before she speaks.
Later in the scene she helps the audience understand by explaining to Jim what their own father said about Myra when he caught her working as the cocktail waitress. “She is the whore of Babylon,” he said, in this statement she emphasized the word Whore again informing the audience of her twin’s lifestyle. She also provides an explanation that she is not the only one who believes that Myra is a whore by providing a backstory of their father.
During the first scene Melissa, the actress playing the character Jim, chose to pause between most of her lines. After Myrna turns down Jim from having sex with her Jim is physically upset. In her lines Melissa chose to pause at the beginning of her line to possibly emphasize the emotions Jim would be feeling. “Hard...awfully hard,” by pausing after the word hard the audience instead found it hysterical.
Later in the play after Jim has slept with Myra he is in a complete panic over what he just did. Melissa again choose to pause between each line. At the start Jim is hysterical between each word Melissa would breath heavily to emphasize the intent of hysteria. By breathing heavy the audience found it amusing.
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..., to talk directly to her as Myra’s character while using saying her lines with joy as if she were happy to see Sarah. When she was back to Myrna pretending to be Myra she would speed up her lines while not looking at Sarah.
The talent in the production held the play as the entertainment. I also enjoyed the overall spectacle of Mineola Twins. The setting was simple but unique with all the wigs already on set along with the props that would later be used. Jon Leos’ vision of having Sarah switch roles on stage was creative; with Sarah onstage for the entire performance it was nice not having to wait for the transitions. Unfortunately I did not like the play itself; to me it felt like there were holes in the script. The time sequence in the play was lost by the way the characters did not grow into adults. I did however like the actors’ performances as a whole.
Not knowing what this play was about, I went to go see it Wednesday after noon at Holyoke Community College in the Leslie Phillips Theater. I had many mixed emotions about this play. I thought some parts were very funny, but others were a little uncomfortable because of some racia...
The plot of the play was very well performed in the way that they got the point across quite well. There was only one factor that disturbed me about the plot of the play witch was that some issues were extended and made the play longer. This story was seen in my eyes as a story about a Brooklyn girl that grew up her entire life using defense mechanisms such as alcohol and sex to compensate for her bad childhood and for her unsuccessful employment life.
...m. This was the first time it was evident that she was acting socially wrong and was trying to keep him from leaving. For the rest of the book she shows small signs of going back to being socially right but is mostly acting socially wrong because of the way she is treating Paul and keeping him held captive.
I have no negative comments about the play. I really enjoyed this production of Guys and Dolls and believe that the director's vision was clearly dispayed on the stage by the actors, the musical ensemble and the production team. I thought the set design was amazing and that the costumes perfectly portrayed the style of the 1940s. All of the hard work and dedication put into the play, showed through the actors and the set resulting in a wonderful musical worthy of Broadway.
This brings to the table duality in the film as a major component of the psychological make-up of the characters, as each of the major players has a “darker” version of themselves. Ginger is an analogy of Las Vegas. She’s beautiful on the outside but tormented and corrupt on the inside. Like the tourists who come to Las Vegas, she’s attracted to the opportunities that await her. When she meets Sam, she sees this as her perfect opportunity to forget about the hardships and financial struggles that she’d endure on the outside. With Sam, he’s entranced by Ginger’s beauty and spirit—she’s a woman who knows what she wants and in a way, is very reminiscent of himself. However, he is so consumed by this notion of romantic love that he fails to realize that these feelings are not shared. She cannot give him what he wants. He’s a jealous man who feels the need to control everything that she does. It is partially due to this that leads Ginger spiraling down a path of self-destruction when she gets heavily involved with drugs and alcohol. Tired of his wife 's alcoholism, Sam seeks a divorce from Ginger. However, she 's insistent on getting her share of their wealth, which makes Ace reconsider the divorce. Whereas Ginger suffers from an actual addiction, Sam’s addiction is Ginger. She’s his own personal drug. When he
Mrs. Hopewell says this in reference to her daughter's poor attitude. She believes that even though her daughter is not pretty, Joy can compensate for her ugliness in the ways that she interacts with others. However, even Joy's mannerisms proved unsatisfactory to her mother. Mrs. Hopewell thinks her daughter is rude. Consequently, she feels obligated to offset Joy's poor behavior by being extra hospitable and courteous to visitors.
For a college production, the acting was outstanding. I really felt the emotions. The lead Wendla, who was played by KyLeigh Zimmerer, was amazing. I have also seen bits and pieces of the Broadway version which starred Lea Michelle, and obviously if I were to compare the acting, the Broadway version would be victorious. However, for a college production, these actors have limited past experience, but their acting was professional. Also, when they sang the song "Those You've Known," I felt chills and had goose bumps because that was such an emotional song. You could feel all the emotions and guilt Melchior, played by Ryan Ramirez, was feeling because both his best friend, Moritz, played by Justin Noblitt, and the girl he impregnated, Wendla, died and he believed he was to blame. Moritz committed suicide while Wendla died from a botch abortion her mom for...
The choreography kept things interesting and the dances in a musical can make or break the performance. Overall, Cherie and Abby did an amazing job directing each person to have a place among a crowded stage. Last but not least, the costumes! This play was set in the 1890s, meaning it is very important to have correlating costumes so the audience can be aware of what time period they are in.
Overall, I enjoyed this play. Even with the dull ending, I found it to be entertaining and a good use of my time. The cast was great and they made good use of a decent
It was good setting to get the attention from the audience and also a way to move around or change settings of the play. Although I love this play my small critic for this play was the players. Some others actors had understandable accents but others didn’t. For example, the brother of the servant his accent was confusing because he kept switching his accent from different country languages. This play was really nice it had a little of bit of everything drama, comedy, romance, betrayal. What like about this play it was how they used the dramatic structure the inciting incident and the climax. The inciting incident for this play of musical comedy murders of 1940 was guessing who the killer of the play was because there was tension building up not knowing who the murder was. The climax for this play would be for me finding out who was the murder and just being in shock how everything had change into a new scenario. Overall it was amazing show how it developed and how well an organized transition the play
In conclusion, the overall experience of the play was great. The actor’s did a really good job at delivering their lines, and blended in well with their characters. The lighting and the music were used well, and helped transitioned into new scenes. The director and producers of the play made the characters relatable and realistic, Caldwell did a good job at portraying her image of how the play should go and it was effective. Leveling up is a great play that all generations could love.
In a subtle way, Brush also makes the wife’s actions selfish. Even though her husband was wrong to react in the way that he did, she was also selfish in her actions. Clearly, her husband has a shy personality because “he was hotly embarrassed” (13) in front of “such few people as there were in the restaurant” (11). Using a couple of this age (“late thirties” (1)), Brush asserts that the wife should have known her husband’s preferences and been sensitive to them. The author also uses the seemingly opposite descriptions the couple: “There was nothing conspicuous about them” (5) and the “big hat” (4) of the woman. The big hat reveals the wife’s desire to be noticed.
the play was good. The first act was a little slow and tedious but the
She hides her actions and attempt to justify them until she is expose by the letter from the paper regarding her novel entry. She is ignorant to her unrealistic judgements about Cecilia and Robert and attempts to fix the problem when she made it worse. She realizes her mistake when the letter questions the conflict of her novel and she witnesses her attempt to hide the true horror behind her decision. While she attempts at hiding her problem in the draft, she made it more noticeable to the paper and drain the luster of the plot. Her realization of her ignorance honor the lovers’ romance and made her strive to atone her former
Most of the actions take place in the kitchen setting which demonstrates the author’s deliberate move to show the important details about the wifely role. The women hold their conversation in the unkempt kitchen, a domestic sphere that reveals everything about the lives of women. While the men were busy searching for clues around the farmhouse, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale see some evidence in the trifle that Mrs. Wright had left in the kitchen. The women can deduce that the messy kitchen with dirty pans gives a signal of incomplete work. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter spend most of their time in the messy kitchen that significantly reveal Mrs. Wright’s state of confusion (Manuel 61). Mrs. Hale understands Mrs. Wright’s experiences of loneliness and desperation from the male-dominated circumstances. The female characters sympathize with her situation by acknowledging the forces in her life that made her take the roles including that of murdering her husband. The men overlook the evidence that the women can trace in the house, and their dialogue suggests lack of sympathy towards women as noted from their humiliation and sarcasm towards women. For example, the women can relate the death of the canary to the murder scene. The attorney shows how woman’s concerns are unimportant, instead of sympathizing with Mrs. Wright for what has befallen her, they portray their women