The Foreigner: A Jesuit HS Review
I went back to Jesuit This past weekend and watched the Sunday matinee show of "The Foreigner." The Cast was; Brooks Hosfield as "Charlie" or "the foreigner," Alex Ward as "Froggie" The Australian Army demolitions officer, Erin Franey as the inn keeper, Drew Cotton as the Pastor, Rachel Wojo as Drew's fiancé, Sam Wasson as the disgruntled ally of Drew, and Spencer Audet as the young misunderstood kid.
The Story goes like this; Alex Ward and Brooks come in and Brooks is escaping for the weekend from his wife who is in the hospital and has a history of cheating on him with 23 different guys, but he still loves her and doesnt want to be bothered while away by anyone. Alex comes up with the idea that Brooks can fake being a forigner who doesnt speak english and that way no one will bother him. Well as it turns out the people pay more attention to him then as if he were a regular person. Rachel ends up venting everything to Brooks because he just sits and listens and doesn’t say anything. Sam just degrades him and talks about killing him. Drew takes no interest in him and we find out that he is purposefully doing things to make Spencer's character seem stupid, like taking a bite out of the apple and putting it in the wood barrel, or telling him to take a Carrot up to Rachel, then when confronted swears he said candle not carrot. He is doing this so that He can inherit the money left to Spencer (but only if he is smart enough). In order to help Spencer, Brooks decides to let Spencer "teach" him English and he makes "amazing progress" in just two days.
Drew and Sam are becoming very irritated with Brooks and at the climax, Sam rushes off to his KKK family to drive Brooks out and destroy the house. Well Drew takes after him and attempts to stop him. Brooks and Spencer come up with a stupid plan which is not discussed. Rachel rushes off upstairs with Spencer, and Erin and Brooks hide by the couch. Then five KKK members burst through with chains and riffles. They seize Brooks and put him on the table then one KKK member goes upstairs and finds Rachel and brings her down. Brooks starts performing some Voodoo crazy thing saying weird stuff in half English half/his made up language. Then he starts motioning toward one of the KKK members and he is pulled by a force to Brooks where he is sucked down the trapdoor and his clothing just deflates (Obi-Wan Kenobi style) the rest of the KKK members run away and they call down to the cellar through the trap door, it is Spencer. He had attacked the KKK member upstairs and taken his robes. They then go upstairs to retrieve the KKK member but before they do Drew wanders downstairs, he was the KKK member, Then Alex shows up again with his Demolitions equipment, and says "Is that Your van?" Drew says yes and that he can continue his mission to take over the US but just as he does Alex pulls down on the switch and we hear an explosion and a hubcap flies through the open door with bright orange lights coming through the window.
Drew leaves and Rachel is really upset, Then Alex gives Brooks a note from the hospital and he reads it and is in shock. He whispers what is wrong to Rachel and she says that he can stay here and they can work on his English and perhaps he will get so good that he will eventually not speak with an accent. They exit and Erin and Alex sit. Erin asks if Brooks' wife had died, Alex says, "oh no, she recovered completely. The note said that she had left him and run off with the anesthesiologist." And that’s the play
As for technical elements it was really low tech, the hubcap flying through the door was hilarious and the lighting during Brooks' "attack" was intense. But the best part was this; for the pre-show and mid-show announcements they rigged one of the deer heads on the wall to move and talk. So Jeff was able to sync the deer’s mouth and motions to the preshow announcement to make everyone laugh so loud that no one could actually hear the announcement.
A great play with great characters and great actors, My favorite was Sam Wasson who played such a different role then he had ever done before. It was Full Country Hick with racism and extreme egotistical manners plus the rough voice he used. Spencer played dumb very convincingly. Alex was a little difficult to understand at the beginning with his Australian accent but eventually he got better. The Set was great, it looked like an old cabin with a woodstove and tons of random hick stuff. And on the walls were two deer heads (one that spoke) and a moose head. I wish more of us had come to see it for it was a great show and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The Story goes like this; Alex Ward and Brooks come in and Brooks is escaping for the weekend from his wife who is in the hospital and has a history of cheating on him with 23 different guys, but he still loves her and doesnt want to be bothered while away by anyone. Alex comes up with the idea that Brooks can fake being a forigner who doesnt speak english and that way no one will bother him. Well as it turns out the people pay more attention to him then as if he were a regular person. Rachel ends up venting everything to Brooks because he just sits and listens and doesn’t say anything. Sam just degrades him and talks about killing him. Drew takes no interest in him and we find out that he is purposefully doing things to make Spencer's character seem stupid, like taking a bite out of the apple and putting it in the wood barrel, or telling him to take a Carrot up to Rachel, then when confronted swears he said candle not carrot. He is doing this so that He can inherit the money left to Spencer (but only if he is smart enough). In order to help Spencer, Brooks decides to let Spencer "teach" him English and he makes "amazing progress" in just two days.
Drew and Sam are becoming very irritated with Brooks and at the climax, Sam rushes off to his KKK family to drive Brooks out and destroy the house. Well Drew takes after him and attempts to stop him. Brooks and Spencer come up with a stupid plan which is not discussed. Rachel rushes off upstairs with Spencer, and Erin and Brooks hide by the couch. Then five KKK members burst through with chains and riffles. They seize Brooks and put him on the table then one KKK member goes upstairs and finds Rachel and brings her down. Brooks starts performing some Voodoo crazy thing saying weird stuff in half English half/his made up language. Then he starts motioning toward one of the KKK members and he is pulled by a force to Brooks where he is sucked down the trapdoor and his clothing just deflates (Obi-Wan Kenobi style) the rest of the KKK members run away and they call down to the cellar through the trap door, it is Spencer. He had attacked the KKK member upstairs and taken his robes. They then go upstairs to retrieve the KKK member but before they do Drew wanders downstairs, he was the KKK member, Then Alex shows up again with his Demolitions equipment, and says "Is that Your van?" Drew says yes and that he can continue his mission to take over the US but just as he does Alex pulls down on the switch and we hear an explosion and a hubcap flies through the open door with bright orange lights coming through the window.
Drew leaves and Rachel is really upset, Then Alex gives Brooks a note from the hospital and he reads it and is in shock. He whispers what is wrong to Rachel and she says that he can stay here and they can work on his English and perhaps he will get so good that he will eventually not speak with an accent. They exit and Erin and Alex sit. Erin asks if Brooks' wife had died, Alex says, "oh no, she recovered completely. The note said that she had left him and run off with the anesthesiologist." And that’s the play
As for technical elements it was really low tech, the hubcap flying through the door was hilarious and the lighting during Brooks' "attack" was intense. But the best part was this; for the pre-show and mid-show announcements they rigged one of the deer heads on the wall to move and talk. So Jeff was able to sync the deer’s mouth and motions to the preshow announcement to make everyone laugh so loud that no one could actually hear the announcement.
A great play with great characters and great actors, My favorite was Sam Wasson who played such a different role then he had ever done before. It was Full Country Hick with racism and extreme egotistical manners plus the rough voice he used. Spencer played dumb very convincingly. Alex was a little difficult to understand at the beginning with his Australian accent but eventually he got better. The Set was great, it looked like an old cabin with a woodstove and tons of random hick stuff. And on the walls were two deer heads (one that spoke) and a moose head. I wish more of us had come to see it for it was a great show and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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