The Man Who Came To Dinner

The Man Who Came To Dinner, was an interesting play. I enjoyed most of the play but at some points during the play I lost interests. Some of the characters were just plain annoying. The Character, Lorraine Shledon, annoyed the daylights out of me. I enjoyed most of the other characters, especially Dan Prevett’s.

The main character, Mr. Whiteside, was a mean and pervasive man. He gets aggravated with almost every character. On the program there is a quote that sums up Mr. Whiteside: "Is there a man in the world who suffers as I do from the gross inadequacies of the human race?" Whiteside sees everybody’s inadequacies. He sees in the nurse her inadequacies to bring his medicine and take care of him on time. Maggie is inadequate because she fell in love.

I really enjoyed the character of Beverly Carlton. He was really funny and every time he came on stage I woke out of my boredom. I also enjoyed the crazy German doctor who brought Mr. Whiteside a roach farm. Banjo was also an awesome character. His horn cracked me up and every time he mocked Lorraine I lost it. My favorite part of the play was were they locked her up in the mummy sarcophagus and shipped her away.

The play was a little ruff. The cast seemed to be struggling through there lines and the play seemed rushed at certain points. I accredit sum of the mistakes to first night jitters. The play overall was a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10. It was funny but lacked significant story for as long as it was. I lost interest at several points during the play. I felt myself wanting to sleep on more than one occasion.

I think I’ll watch the movie and see how it is.