• Anna Deavre Smith Baltimore, 1950

# Race                                   # Identity                            # Community     #Documentary

Interview            – Unbiased, not her view

-Voice, accent, mannerisms, utterances – INCLUSIVE

-Varied context / subject matter – SAME APPROACH: Characters vary, style remains

 

• Eric Bogosian Actor, Playwright, Monologist                    ‘Genius laced with comedy’

Harmonious: Alienation/Harmony

Collating big, social / philosophical ideas with everyday comedy

Molecules: Creating characters which can articulate his personal views in an accessible/ comical way

#Internal//External                         #Black Humour                                 #Attack on Society

-Creating characters to invite judgement

-‘Wanting to hit the world with a stick’

 

ADS vs. EB

Embodies characters to tell their story           ||          Embodies Characters to tell his story

& give their viewpoint                                          ||                         & give his viewpoint