Mississippi Goddamn: Play Analysis

Napoleon Hill once said, “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”African Americans have endured and struggle through much throughout history, fueled by hate and thought of superiority. However, many African Americans in the south also struggled coexisting amongst each other. Instead of all black people fighting for their rights together some just wanted to coexist with those of the white race. Jonathan Norton’s play, Mississippi GODdamn, completely captures the struggle of African Americans to coexist with one as well as the racial conflict of the 1960s. The performance took place in the South Dallas Cultural Center on February 21st, 2015 directed by Vickie Washington. The name of the play, Mississippi GODdamn …show more content…
While her parents and other neighbors only thought the Evers were making things even worse for them. This draft of the play has a brand new First Act, originally Act One took place 24 years before. However, the newer version takes place only four years before Act One, where Medgar Evers is added as a character. The Major Roles in act one are; Chuck performed by Tyrees Allen, Claudette and Myrlie Evers performed by Whitney LaTrice Coulter, Gertie performed by Stormi Demerson, Robert Earl performed by Calvin Gabriel, Jimmie and Medgar Evers performed by Jamal Sterling, and Robbie performed by Ashley …show more content…
However, as great as that scene was there was a low point in the play for me. Robbies (Ashley Wilkerson), crying, sadly wasn’t all that believable when she tried to execute the emotion of a 16 year old girl who just broke down. I feel as if she overplayed the part of trying to sell her pain to the audience. It really didn't take anything from the play, but that moment was the lowest point as I felt out of touch with her character at that moment. Overall, everyone performed to near perfect standards really selling the emotion of black Jackson, Mississippi citizens enduring