![]() The cast has an easy, believable chemistry that makes watching them a pleasure even when there’s not a ton of action.Įverything about this play feels real and lived-in. In TV, there are “ hangout comedies,” and Clyde’s is something of a hangout play, following the daily rhythms of the kitchen crew as they go about their work, rib each other, and worry about their lives in the background. “Yeah, but this is like every day,” she replies.ĭespite Clyde’s iron fist and the sometimes tragic circumstances that the characters find themselves in, this is a funny play that chugs along for its 100-minute run time. “We all have them days,” Rafael reassures Letitia when she’s going through a rough patch. Montrellous puts a fine point on it: Clyde is the embodiment of the obstacles they all face, not only discouraging them from their sandwich experimentations but from having any hope for the future. Batteast effortlessly swans around the stage, dressed fabulously and always with a cigarette or beer bottle dangling from her fingers as she cuts her workers down to size. She’s otherwise as cold as a walk-in freezer and does everything but slap two pieces of bread on either side of her underlings’ heads and call them idiot sandwiches. That’s about as far as her kindness goes. The owner, Clyde ( Dee Dee Batteast), the crew continually emphasizes, is the only one who would hire them. His sandwiches “taste like the truth,” and he’s prone to philosophizing and dropping hard truths as well. All of them are in awe of the sage “sandwich sensei” Montrellous ( Lamont Thompson), the one who is always encouraging them to elevate their craft beyond frozen and fried cafe fare. She’s doted on by the puppy-doggish Rafael ( Brandon Ocasio), a recovering addict with an optimistic outlook, and Ocasio brings an irrepressible energy to the role. Kashayna is infinitely watchable in this role, mouthing off and cheekily sidling up to her coworkers. As the new guy on the team, the others goad him for his shyness, and Quinn’s rendition allows him to embody the softer side of this barbed character.Īlso working on the line is Letitia ( Kashayna Johnson), a single mom to a sick child with a personality that can be bubbly or biting, depending on the day. ![]() Johnson) features in this as well (call it the Lynn Nottage theatrical universe), recently returned from prison, living on the streets, and closed off to his coworkers. This play is again set in Reading, and the character of Jason ( Quinn M. Nottage’s previous Pulitzer Prize-winning play Sweat was set in Reading, Pennsylvania, against the backdrop of a labor strike that goes sideways, with devastating consequences for main character Jason. The characters have all been incarcerated previously, and it’s not just the perfect hoagie that seems unattainable, but anything beyond the limbo of their lives. The staff passes the workday by calling out clever combinations and speculating whether the perfect sandwich is out there or if it’s an unattainable goal. What would you put on your perfect sandwich? That’s an ongoing debate among the crew at the truck-stop restaurant Clyde’s, which also gives Lynn Nottage’s newest play its title. If you have a hammer-drill, you can make a collar from a steel adjustable ring, make and attach a collet to go into the drill chuck and let the drill hammer away at the filter.Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Get one at a salvage store, remove the noisy bell and let the little ball bang away. Perhaps a strong electric vibrator can be fastened to the side of the filter to do the whacking for you.Īn old-fashion heavy-duty fire alarm bell has an electro-magnetic clapper that can out-tap you 1000 times better. It's a pain to sit there under the sink with a heavy spoon whacking the filter. ![]() Perhaps a strong rare-earth magnet dropped into the open end of the water filter, withdrawn using a string, remove iron particles from the thing, and repeat. If you are talking about pouring some water into the back end with a funnel, say, that's different. If you have to reverse the filter between two pipe fittings, and put it back into the water line, I don't understand. I think that the word efficient may not apply.ĭisclaimer: I cannot say much about the backflow of water. I shall try to respond to the only familiar words in the question: tiresome, effort, time, and my favourite word easier. ![]()
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