T BONE N WEASEL
T Bone and Weasel are a pair of jailbirds headed down the back roads of South Carolina (not to mention the proverbial highway of life) in a succession of stolen cars. Weasel, the little white guy, is illiterate, idealistic, and gullible; T Bone, the tall, well-built black guy, is somewhat better educated and a whole lot wiser and more cynical. Weasel wants to find a straight job; T Bone, all too familiar with the scraps historically tossed his and his people’s way, prefers to keep his distance from society and plans to float through a career of petty crime. Each man resolves to try living by the other’s creed; neither pans out.
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James Dardenne’s set, a sleek series of levels and steps, encourages the performers’ playfulness; and Galen G. Ramsey’s original musical sound track summons up the right mood of corn-fried comedy. “Well,” it seems to say during each between-scene blackout, ” NOW what? We’ll be right back–after this brief message.” But viewers looking for meat will find this T Bone pretty slim pickings.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): photo/Jennifer Girard.
