When You Comin Back, Red Ryder - Movie Review Example

When You Comin’ Back, Red RyderOn Thursday 6th February 2014 I attended a live show in Bar-B-Que where I watched the paly When You Comin’ Back.” The play is set in a diner in New Mexico in the 1950s whereby the diner has lost most of its clientele but the employees and a few individuals are the only people left in a deserted town. The employees consist of Stephen who is the Red Ryder and a waitress angel together with their boss Clark. These are the only people left in the town and a filing station owner named Lyle who drops by the motel from time to time.

One day two couples arrive in the Diner a young and an old couple. This play incorporates a setting of the 1950s with the costumes and vehicles to match together with characters that play their roles perfectly to depict the tone and reach out to the audience splendidly. The choice of vehicles by the director gives the play a better dimension with each vehicle representing a different class according to its owners. The director of the play uses an old vehicle which needs repair and is pushed by the young couple to depict the class of the couple while the old couple use a good and well maintained vehicle which we see Stephen sneaking into and imagining it to be his own.

The comment made by Lyle on the play that Stephen can only leave the town once he has bought his mother a vehicle also shows the use of motor vehicle to show class in the play. The costumes which were used in the play also were well chosen and though out by the director with every character given a costume matching his/her role in the play. The waitress in the diner is given a uniform which is typical of the waitresses in a diner and also the size and shape depicts the 1950s. the old couple are well dressed while the young couple are out of sorts in their dressing and the hairstyles all look well chosen to fit the setting.

Stephen and Lyle on the other hand have costumes which match their status with Stephen being dresses in a pair of jeans and a shirt while Lyle is dressed in old canvas trousers and a cowboy hat. According to Hoffman (Hoffman, 18) asserts that a character should be serious as he does not know its funny (unless joking). This is well depicted in the play especially the waitress Angel who is acting mousy and her behaviour throughout the play in her behaviour and lack of understanding any sarcasm by the other actors in the play.

The attitude by Stephen towards the clients coming in to the diner is also of note as he does not approve of any client and treats them with a bad attitude. In addition Hoffman asserts that a character in a play or a film must communicate everything with total clarity (Hoffman, pg10). The director of this play uses the old and young couple to communicate his message as there is a distinction in the way they speak the choice of costumes and the vehicles they own. In a way this shows the difference between the two completely distinct lifestyles and the director achieves this perfectly.

The commanding tone of the young couple and improper conversations are also well brought out in the play. The play was therefore interesting and captivating to watch and of note was the setting, costumes and the conversations, which the members of the diner had, and characters they depicted in the play.njerudeeewriters@gmail.comWorks CitedHirvela, David P. The Performing Arts: An Audience's Perspective. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1990. 31-42. Print. Hoffman, Basil. Acting and how to be good at it. 2nd ed. Los Angeles, California: Ingenuity Press, 2006. 5-18. Print.