This utilises how Jeffrey’s team mates aren’t as racist when he does something outstanding on the cricket field but when Jeffrey comes off that cricket field all that respect is gone. In unison those belligerent bastards, yelling, “Shot, Cong!” across the field, once turning an insult into a nickname. And it’s with complete disbelief that I hear real encouragement from the sideline. For example, “The next ball Jeffrey punches through cover, zipping through for two runs. Which demonstrates that the Corrigan see the Lu‘s as the enemy since Australian citizens blames the Vietnamese for losing their loved ones by using racist language to express their hatred and disgust. The Lu family is a Vietnamese family who are based in Corrigan, and there only son Jeffrey a Vietnamese boy, gets bullied and downsized by the locals and kids at school. Racism and scapegoating is explored in the book through negative attitudes towards Indigenous and Vietnamese people. Maybe even more so because of the breakout of the Vietnam War. However, Jasper is not the only victim the Lu family is hated on from the townsfolks. Craig Silvey wrote: “Itэs obvious, innit? They reckon I got somethink to do with Laura being missing and they wanted me to say as much.” This illustrates that the police in Corrigan are corrupt since the Sarge gave Jasper a black eye trying to get information out of him and would arrest him without sufficient evidence. Due to this, he is blamed for other people’s crimes, such as the murder of Laura Wishart. It was an antidote to the darker sides of Australia on display during the story.This novel explores racism through the characterisation of the locals in Corrigan, especially the Indigenous boy, Jasper Jones. What better way to mark Australia Day than to celebrate with a new immigrant who so wholeheartedly embraces our cricket culture. My favourite character was the Vietnamese character Jeffrey Lu (Charles Wu). Stepping into the big shoes of the adaptor Kate Mulvany was Kate Box as Mrs Bucktin and Steve Le Marquand as her husband. There are two new cast members from the last season. The rustic fibro cottages (from a fictional 1965 WA regional town) twirled on and off the stage underneath the tree which is both the crime scene and a confessional. Jasper Jones is a seamless integration of a knock out story, beautiful acting and an elegant production.Ī special mention to the set design by Michael Hankin. Seeing it on Australia Day meant there was an enigmatic speech from the company’s Artistic Director Eamon Flack before the play began, explaining that, prior to 1788, the local tribe used to tell stories on the hill where the Belvoir theatre now resides.Īt the curtain call there was a polite demonstration from the cast displaying signs saying ‘always will be Aboriginal land’. The story of the bookish white Charlie Bucktin (Tom Conroy) whose life changes forever when the part Aboriginal Jasper Jones (Guy Simon) knocks on his window, to alert him to the discovery of a terrible crime, has the feel of a classic. The play adaptation is now in its return season to Belvoir and will soon to be released as a movie. What is it about Western Australian writers that produces such cracking stories? Transfixed during this production my mind cast back to Cloudstreet with Jasper Jones it shares buckets of humour, suspense, and life and death struggles with an air of authenticity you can almost taste. January 25 to February 19, 2017, then on tour. Based on the novel by Craig Silvey, adapted by Kate Mulvany.
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