Salem

      The Drama departments production of Salem was pretty much exactly how I expected to be. I've heard a lot of people say they were surprised by the fact that they- God Forbid- enjoyed the production. Am I the only one who expects them to put of decent productions? Yes I enjoyed it, though it didn't blow me away. NO matter how I try to silence it my inner critic still feels the need to point out every time an actor seemed to "hide" behind the puppets or didn't fee very sincere in a scene. Analyzing them though, defiantly helped me think about the play more from an unbiased standpoint. I tried to picture their lines as written in a script vs how they acted ti so see how much they actors interpreted for themselves. Since I haven't seen the script myself, I won't know for sure how much they came up with on their own. From what I could tell though, it seemed to be quite a lot. These characters focused a lot on stereotypes but still managed to break them. The over concerned goth girl seemed almost bubbly(while still not "giving a damn") which I cant picture written as a direction in the script. I would assume a typical Gothic character to be more apathetic in her reactions. The janitor too had several physical cues that he must've come up with on his own. Overall it was a good production and the actors impressed me more than the script.