But mostly Troy, who makes no secret of his illiteracy, uses language as a tool of analysis, a way of explaining what’s on his mind and figuring out the shape of the world he must inhabit.īut even as it properly foregrounds Wilson’s dialogue - few playwrights have approached his genius for turning workaday vernacular into poetry - “Fences” is much more than a filmed reading. He tells tales and busts chops with unflagging energy, at times testing the patience of Rose, Bono and his other friends and relations. There is plenty of brag and bluster in his speech, as well as flecks of profanity and poetry. Troy is by turns funny, provocative, inspiring and hurtful, but one thing he will never be as long as he draws breath is silent. The audience quickly grasps what Rose and Bono have known for years. He enters the screen on a tide of verbiage, jawing with his friend Bono (Stephen McKinley Henderson) and bantering with his wife, Rose (Viola Davis).

Everybody needs not only to receive love but also to give it.By the end of “Fences,” we will have learned a lot about Troy Maxson - about his hard Southern childhood, his time in prison and the Negro Leagues, his work ethic, his sexual appetites and his parenting philosophy - but the first and most important thing we know about the man is that he is one of the world’s great talkers. This is why Jones’s character is so angry and maybe even desperate. In my opinion, the hero feels a huge pain that his senses are unseeing for the boy, especially after everything he has done for him. Through the actor’s play, through the way how he looks at the son, through hands-on the shoulders of the son at the end of the dialogue, we can suggest that actually, he loves his son.Īlthough, being a powerful and hardened man, he cannot show his real love. Jones does not look like a comic and his acting nobody would ever understand as a joke. I believe that such cases are extremely dramatic and they cannot be seen in terms of comedy. Conclusionĭespite foresaid arguments and fascinating acting of Washington, the version with Jones I like more. As a part of black comedy, humor is a sort of mechanism for accepting truths and pain. Finally, laugh does not necessarily mean that people do not get the idea and do not feel the tragedy of the situation. Unfortunately, it is true that sometimes it is impossible not to shout at the children. They understand and share his speech with their own experience.

Secondly, many people went through the same things as parents. However, the slightly mocking, ironic, and sarcastic acting of Washington makes us feel that the character not even angry and aggressive but surprised and outraged. The artist does not tell jokes and plays not for laughs.

The first reason for laughing public is definitely the tone and delivery of the actor. While watching the play with Washington, it may seem that this is a comedy.

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