Word: deodatus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Master of Ceremonies Archibald Absalom Wellington, smooth as a dagger and just as menacing, introduces his sullen, smoke-eyed cast. Deodatus Village is a half-dressed epitome of black buckdom. The strumpet he struts for is whore-cum-ballet-dancer Stephanie Virtue Secret-rose Diop--"Virtue" for short, which neatly sums up the situation. The curate Diouf pleads for passive religious acceptance; Felicity Trollop Pardon shrieks "Dahomey!" and "Africa!" with an epileptic frenzy; Augusta Snow says little and wears anger like a nimbus round her pout-mouthed head. Genet further burlesque's white perceptions of black names by dubbing...
...reveling in the astonishing exoticism of Esther Folle's portrayal of Felicity Trollop Pardon or Mary Alice's impish Stephanie Virtue Secret-rose Diop, one can hardly forget that, without the stage presence of these strong personalities, the characters would be entirely forgettable-perhaps, even interchangeable. Gustave Johnson (as Deodatus Village) and Catherine Sella (as Adelaide Bobo) lack the requisite intensity and control to attain a similar mastery over their roles...
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