Smart People Ginny Analysis

The production of Smart People uses specific acting choices to convey certain messages to the audience and only enhance the overall meaning of the play. In Smart People, Ginny, a Chinese-Japanese-American individual, uses prominent choices when conveying messages about racism in the Asian-American culture. Her use of different vocal mannerisms helps to create her character and her ensemble powerfully heightens the character of who she is trying to deliver. The manner at which Ginny carries herself and her use of vocal inflections only support the theme of identity in racism. Throughout the production of Smart People, all characters possess specific qualities in order to communicate their message to the audience. Ginny is drawn to be an unbearable character in which she is very competent and greedy. Her style of character is shown through her ensemble and body language when on stage with other characters. An example is when Ginny and Brain meet for the first time. Ginny

Ginny is portrayed as an unlikeable, dominant character and uses many acting choices to express her message about Asian-Americans and identity in racism—the idea that not all Asians are the same and each have their own distinct personality. Her use of body language and ensemble make her seem to be a dominant, know-it-all individual. For example, when she and Brian are conversing for the first time, she was cold and had a stuck-up attitude. Also, her use of vocal tones and mannerisms enhances the play by giving a more realistic impression to her character. In the scene when Ginny and Brian are in the bedroom, she pretends to be a stereotypical Asian-American to carry her point about identity to Brian and the audience. Among all of these acting choice and more preformed by Ginny and the other characters, they were used to enhance the production of Smart