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The Wolf At The End Of The Block Summary

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Teatro Vista’s current production,The Wolf at the End of the Block written by Ike Holter and directed by Ricardo Gutierrez , tells a modern story of a man involved in a hate crime.The play opens to the image of a bloody beaten Latino man,he’s scared and emotionally overwhelmed.He tries pulling together his thoughts. This is our main character Abe, played by Gabe Ruiz. Ruiz upholds the same passionate delivery throughout the entire play. Abe is, on the surface shows he's strong, but is actually a man hiding his fear. Ruiz builds layers upon layers, showing specific moments of frustration and vulnerability. He continues to have the same pace and tempo insert energy at precise moments, and right from the beginning establish the tone of this exciting plot the audience is …show more content…

While talking about Miranda’s hopefully soon to be journalism career, the pair starts to get worried that Abe is late for work. Munoz’s natural, hyper delivery of Holter’s dialogue displays concern for Abe. Bellinger plays his character as a smooth sophisticated man with a mix of playful comedic moments. He is easily relatable as everyone’s childhood best friend.
When Abe arrives,Miranda asks him multiple questions. Which as the older brother and the family protector didn't want his little sister to worry and sends her home. When she leave Abe breaks down to Nunley and says “I'm scared”.
In today's society for a minority in the United States, Those words “I'm scared” share the same mind set. “I'm scared” is not knowing if you are safe walking down your own block or ask for a police officer for help, but possibly getting blamed for the situation. Even the thought that a government official will set restrictions on just being yourself in public.”Im scare is such a simple line and yet so many different

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