Post 23 | The Man Who Came to Dinner

Yep thats me with my ticket.

For our last assignment I went to the play The Man Who Came to Dinner. I don’t usually watch plays so this was a new experience for me. I wasn’t exactly moved in the end of watching the play, although it proved for an enjoyable night. One of my favorite characters was Mr. Whiteside. I didn’t like him because he was the main character or because of the characters part in the play. I liked him because whoever was acting that part is honestly a great actor. The character that he played although was a tricky character. He at first came off as a stingy man who hated the World but as the play went on seemed to have his heart softened. Its almost as if he is supposed to be a reflection of Scruge in Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol.” The story of an old popular rich man who is fed up with the World that realizes love is truly the answer. Although even if this is the case for Mr. Whiteside, I’m not exactly sure if he ever meets the true meaning or love or plays the face of love to certain people. For example even towards the end of the play He is extremely loving to the couple that wants to get married, although is still stingy to the man who’s house he is staying in. Besides these aspects the only other thing that really caught my eye was the versatility of the characters. For example I noticed that the doctor also played as one of the characters visiting in one scene. I never knew that Southeastern had such a developed theater program until now. I even hear they may be building a theater in the future, which is exciting. Again this past play wasn’t exactly moving but I feel it was incredibly entertaining. Keep it up SEU theater majors.