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Clarence In The Play 'It's A Wonderful Life'

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“It’s a Wonderful Life “

In the play “It’s a Wonderful Life” the transitions the play-writers incorporated between scenes was comprehensible to the child I was with as well as myself. During the play it appeared to me that the actors Ken Griggs and Jessica Osnoe did not look the role they were playing as George and Mary. As through casting an acting crew I felt that the look and age of the actor should fit the role he or she is playing. However, the role of Clarence played by James Dean was portrayed sufficiency. James voice, costume and personality as the character Clarence in my opinion sold the show.
Throughout the show, there were various transitions from scene to scene. The play-writers I though did a fantastic job with this as I never lost sight of what was going on in the. Through transitions I feel that it is easy for a person to lose sight of meaning of the scene though the transition. Losing sight of what was occurring never happened to me as I followed along well. The play-writers and cast would not let the audience lose sight, as they would bring in symbols to make the transition clear. For example, George lost his father due to a heart attach …show more content…

The casting of George and of Mary fit the actors upon personality but did not fit upon the looking of age. In the play it was said that Mary is 18 years of age, Jessica Osnoe did not look 18 due to the ageing I noticed in her face and the filling of her body. Ken Griggs also played a young character, George as he went back in time to picture his life. When looking at Ken I saw a few wrinkles along with aging in body that you would not see in a 18 or 19 year old. To fix this problem I would suggest the play-writers to cast another actors to play the roles of the younger Mary and George. I feel this will make the going back through his life story

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