Herero Play Analysis
On October 2, 2016, I recently went to see my first play that dealt with cultural and racial issues, We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915 at the San Jose Stage Company, directed by L. Peter Callender. The playwright of this piece is Jackie Sibblies Drury, whose known for tackling heavily ethical and racial topics. In this play, a group of actors, three white actors, and three black actors are gathered together to tell this story of a little-known tribe called the Herero, who were unfortunately killed to death by the German Imperial and consider too many the first genocide in the twentieth century. The groups of actors
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I felt that all the actors did a very good job of taking on the lives of their characters and portraying the emotions of the characters they played. I felt the casting director did an incredible job on casting the cast, casting the right person for each role. While each actor stands out in their own unique way, it was Aejay Mitchell, in the role of another black man, who was on another level for me and his acting skills are unaidable good. Aejay Mitchell was my favorite actor of this play and performed the most captive scenes throughout the play. These scenes made you think and wonder how kind some people do those things. Aejay Mitchell knew his characters wants and tactics of the play. Another black man objective was to the tell the story of the Herero tribe in a way where the audience could understand both sides of the story. All his actions and gestures were tactics accordingly to what was happening in the play were incredible. Another black man …show more content…
The black man gets terrified and runs out the scene crying, with fellow actors either laugh or following him off stage. But it was Aejay Mitchell, another black man, who is left on stage for the audience to see what does the black man does and with a small gesture of raising his fist, to symbolize solidarity and support with racial tension, expressed his reaction to what just happened. The small gestures of the raising of the fist were the perfect ending of the play. Throughout the play, Mitchell performance was consistent. Mitchell was the voice of the audience and tied the audience with the
I felt that all the actors did a very good job of taking on the lives of their characters and portraying the emotions of the characters they played. I felt the casting director did an incredible job on casting the cast, casting the right person for each role. While each actor stands out in their own unique way, it was Aejay Mitchell, in the role of another black man, who was on another level for me and his acting skills are unaidable good. Aejay Mitchell was my favorite actor of this play and performed the most captive scenes throughout the play. These scenes made you think and wonder how kind some people do those things. Aejay Mitchell knew his characters wants and tactics of the play. Another black man objective was to the tell the story of the Herero tribe in a way where the audience could understand both sides of the story. All his actions and gestures were tactics accordingly to what was happening in the play were incredible. Another black man …show more content…
The black man gets terrified and runs out the scene crying, with fellow actors either laugh or following him off stage. But it was Aejay Mitchell, another black man, who is left on stage for the audience to see what does the black man does and with a small gesture of raising his fist, to symbolize solidarity and support with racial tension, expressed his reaction to what just happened. The small gestures of the raising of the fist were the perfect ending of the play. Throughout the play, Mitchell performance was consistent. Mitchell was the voice of the audience and tied the audience with the