By Ernest Kearney — Joyce Lee’s The Dean’s Office, which played the Broadwater during the 2021 Hollywod Fringe, approaches a number of vital issues involving the propagation of systemic racism in the learning institutes of America. But while she approaches these issues she never successfully attacks them.
In dealing with some very complicated subjects Lee employs finger paints, rather than the fine detailing to capture the nuances which make remedying them so complicated.
Lee’s work is not without intelligence, but it is lacking in depth. This flaw is exacerbated by some of the cast, who come off as seemingly flat game pieces rather than full-bodied characters.
Sherrie Loften directs, but she too seems to suffer from a nebulous script. It feels like this work was rushed in to the Fringe before all the required re-working and re-thinking was applied.
A BRONZE Medal.
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