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A Review Of The Comedy No Place To Be Somebody
No Place to Be Somebody Review The show, No Place to Be Somebody: A Black-Black Comedy, took place in the Pavilion Theatre on October 4th at 7:30 pm. The show was written by Charles Gordone in 1967. The show takes place during the Civil Rights era and basically consisited of an african american bartender and a white mobster being at conflict. The show was very powerful and played out extremely well. The three main things that made the show wonderful were the actors, the objects used in the show, and the script itself. One of the biggest things that made the show wonderful was the skill level of the actors. This aspect of the show was important in making the show wonderful because a show isn't a show without actors and if a show has awful actors then the show will be awful and vice versa. Every single actor that peformed in the show was excelent. This is true espcially because in the show the main African American character, Johnny Williams, was supposd to be very hostile and power hungry and the actor played his part perfectly. The way that he delivered his lines, the places in which his voice fluctuated, his tone depending on the scene, it was all perfect. When Johnny slaps one of the girls, he makes it look very realistic and the emotions on his face and his tone were utterly perfect. Johnny Williams was only one of the characters that was played out perfectly, all the other characters were also played just as well. Another thing that made the show very succesful was the objects and the sets in the show. This aspect of the show was important in making the show great because it just added on to the wonderful acting done by the performers. It also helped in making the scenes much more realistic and gave the audience something to visualize. The sets and the objects used in the show were great because the frames and the decor on the walls made the set very realistic and gave it a bar feeling. The jukebox really added to the scenes as well. In specific, one of the

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