My overall impression
Jacquetta is a wonderful storyteller, and she has some great stories to tell. The show is divided into three parts. The first begins with her response to a greeting card and discusses her take on issues of black experience in America. It’s personal and effective. The second part tells how her misreading of a satirical guide to preppiness changed her life. This is the funniest of the three parts. Jacquetta finishes with her take on black churches in general and speaking in tongues in particular. Here she adds a welcome dose of physicality, though this section is quite brief and could be expanded to fully explore her theme. Overall, Jacquetta is more a storyteller here than an actress. She does portray a church lady in the last piece, and this addition of another character to the stage is a welcomed departure from the previous two stories. I would have liked to see more character portrayals, and more movement. But her writing is so sharp and well-observed that she more than holds the audience’s attention. Recommended.
