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EarthHart Productions delivers an uneven, yet charming, performance of Larry Shue’s “The Foreigner?? with a cast whose acting skills and ages vary widely. In this play, director Andrew Arthur continues his Anglophilic tradition of delivering comedies involving the British, following past productions such as “No Sex Please, We’re British” and “Whose Wife Is It Anyway?” Hidden away in Jewett Hall Theater, the play ran this past weekend and will run again April...
...Produced by Arthur and Sam J. Lewallen ’08, “The Foreigner?? tells a comedic tale of a timid British man who enters the world of the Deep South during his stay at a fishing lodge in Georgia. Depressed about his unfaithful wife back in England, a shy and insecure Charlie (Gregory J. B. Marsh, HBS) is brought to the States by his fellow British friend “Froggy” (Justin A. Monticello ’09) in an attempt to cheer him up. The play then takes on a comical twist...
Perhaps the most memorable aspect of “The Foreigner?? is how it addresses sensitive issues, maintaining a chuckling audience amidst its somewhat politically incorrect nature. It invites its audience to ruminate over themes of tolerance, self-discovery, connection and community as it humorously plays off of the Southerner stereotype...
...demands bribes, not only from me—the foreigner??but the impoverished families in the camps as well. Those who can’t pay are jailed en masse. Ask him why he does this, and he won’t publicly blame his own poverty. He echoes the minister, smiling at the wisdom of his explanation, “Zimbabwe is at war!” While official rhetoric at its best convinces—and in most cases just baffles—in Third World dictatorships like Zimbabwe, it excuses murder...
...related note, it is a scientific fact that hooking up with people is much easier when you are visiting other campuses. You know how people always like foreigners for no particular reason? Being at a different school is like being a foreigner??your allure is pre-written and has little to do with your actual merits as a human...