Word: sakini
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...August Moon was still a smash hit in West Berlin, will move next week to a more commodious theater. Berliners, wearily familiar with occupation armies, were delighted with an American play that deliberately spoofed the U.S. Army's postwar occupation of Okinawa (TIME, Oct. 26, 1953). When Sakini, the raffish Okinawan, declares that "democracy is exhausting," German audiences howl. The boffo line for Berliners comes in the scene where Colonel Purdy announces his determination to bring democracy to the islanders if he has to "shoot every last one of them." Any nation that could kid its own foibles...
...Sakini, a native interpreter played by David Wayne, accompanies Captain Fisby to the village. Wayne's face and gestures are wonderfully expressive, and his glib handling of Patrick's witty lines is a delight. Particularly charming are the introductions to each scene he speaks on a bare stage. Wayne's superb acting makes his part completely believable...