“Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch” is laugh-out-loud funny, joyous, and inspiring.
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The play tells the story of Purlie Victorious, now referred to as Reverend Purlie, who has returned home to the plantation in Georgia—owned and run by racist Ol’ Cap’n Cotchipee—during cotton-picking season. Purlie has a dream to buy a building, make it a church, and preach to his people about their rights. The only thing that stands in his way is Ol’ Cap’n Cotchipee. But where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Davis also shows, through the character of Charlie Cotchipee, the son of Ol’ Cap’n, that there are also decent white people who want integration and who are influenced by strong Black women; in Charlie’s case, he is influenced by Idella, the family cook. Kara Young delivers a stunningly captivating performance as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins, and embodies this character with great distinction. She is simply the perfect actress to play this role.
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