Roy Cohn and Joe Pitt demonstrate an intriguing relationship throughout the entirety of Tony Kushner’s play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. This relationship reaches a climax in Act 3 Scene 5 showcasing an eruption of emotion that fills the entire stage. Both the script reading and performance provided me something to analyze. However, whereas the script lets the reader envision how the setting should be shown, the live broadcast showcases the emotions in a way that words alone could not.
Reading through the script prior to the performance I knew there was violence and screaming but what was depicted on stage was nothing short of explosive rage. Roy unveils aspects of his character in full force that I could only see in glimpses throughout …show more content…
Now, the stage itself did not showcase much, leaving the audience to look at and analyze the acting, the seriousness, and the brilliance of the scene before them. Nonetheless, I truly wanted more from the stage, more props, more elegance. After all, Roy’s “got the whole building,” (118). I believe that although the characters themselves added more emotion than the script did, the script did let me imagine what I believed Roy’s apartment to look like. I pictured a grand example of New York living. I imagined chandeliers and cigar rooms, gold fixtures, and decorative wallpaper. I saw a bar cart in the corner that held all of the liquor a high-strung lawyer could want. The set showed me a chair for Roy to sit in, a side table, and a door, all framed by ambient lighting. I pictured this because the script reveals detail such as Roy lives in a brownstone, has elegant clothing and over “several million dollars, tax-free—” (113). These lines led me to conjure up Roy’s extravagant lifestyle. In the performance itself, I couldn’t see the brownstone but Roy was wearing an elegant bathrobe. Ultimately, I understand how hard it would have been to include some of these extravagances that I had pictured, but I still wish there was more to the
Reading through the script prior to the performance I knew there was violence and screaming but what was depicted on stage was nothing short of explosive rage. Roy unveils aspects of his character in full force that I could only see in glimpses throughout …show more content…
Now, the stage itself did not showcase much, leaving the audience to look at and analyze the acting, the seriousness, and the brilliance of the scene before them. Nonetheless, I truly wanted more from the stage, more props, more elegance. After all, Roy’s “got the whole building,” (118). I believe that although the characters themselves added more emotion than the script did, the script did let me imagine what I believed Roy’s apartment to look like. I pictured a grand example of New York living. I imagined chandeliers and cigar rooms, gold fixtures, and decorative wallpaper. I saw a bar cart in the corner that held all of the liquor a high-strung lawyer could want. The set showed me a chair for Roy to sit in, a side table, and a door, all framed by ambient lighting. I pictured this because the script reveals detail such as Roy lives in a brownstone, has elegant clothing and over “several million dollars, tax-free—” (113). These lines led me to conjure up Roy’s extravagant lifestyle. In the performance itself, I couldn’t see the brownstone but Roy was wearing an elegant bathrobe. Ultimately, I understand how hard it would have been to include some of these extravagances that I had pictured, but I still wish there was more to the