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Doctor is a collection of 10 short vignettes all performed by the same five-member cast. Each scene stands on its own, but the play is held together to some extent by a series of introductions by a character known as The Writer (Josh Frost). The Writer is composing each of the segments of the play, and he stops throughout to explain his writing and himself to the audience. As might be expected, The Writer represents Simon himself. But Simon does a good job of keeping himself in the background of the play, and Doctor benefits greatly from Simon...
...what a tasty pastry it is. The cast is fun to watch. Because each member of the ensemble has to act out several different parts, such a play lives or dies by the quality and enthusiasm of its cast. And these actors are not only competent, but they also obviously enjoy putting on this play...
...star of the play is Byrd, who steals every scene in which he appears. Byrd is talented at assuming accents (in fact, he is the only member of the cast who attempts to do so), though perhaps he is stretching his talents in giving a Russian tramp a British cockney accent in the sketch "A Drowned Man." Byrd has a certain comic flair which radiates through all his roles and makes watching him particularly enjoyable...
Catavoll noted that people seemed determined to cast ballots. "Some find it a duty. For others, they're voting for the first time, or for the first time in a long time. They want to have an impact on the election, on what's going to happen to the Supreme Court, the federal and state budgets, relations with other countries," he said...
About half of all eligible voters chose not to cast ballots in this election. The Democratic mistake--made in the wake of their convention with Dukakis ahead in the polls--was to believe that they could win without tapping into the disenfranchised elements of the silent electorate. Millions of Americans feel that there was little difference between the two candidates or parties, and the political process has no relevancy to their lives...