Word: sheldon
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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John Copeland skillfully plays Sheldon Forrester, a elderly Black actor with a gift for deadpan. Copeland is effortlessly hilarious. Offering the most realistic portrayal of the show, Copeland's mannerisms and accent are right...
...Sheldon's ridiculous sense of timing and utter lack of tact are the source of countless laughs, but Sheldon is also the source of the play's most poignant moment--the scene in which he recalls witnessing a lynching when he was 9 years old. Copeland plays the scene with a powerful sincerity...
...Sheldon, whose part in the play within the play never goes beyond whittling a stick and mumbling "yessir," "nossir," and "Iff'n you want, sir," is a character well aware of his position as a Black actor. He knows his talent is wasted by prejudiced directors who know he needs the work...
...mind takin' low, because what we mind won't buy beans," Sheldon tells Wiletta...
...subjected themselves to a common cold virus in the most comprehensive such investigation ever undertaken. The objective: to see how accurately researchers can predict who will get sick based on a psychological profile and measurements of immune function before infection. "Assuming that stress puts people at higher risk," asks Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, "will people who have social support in confronting stresses be protected ((from contracting disease))?" The results are being analyzed...