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Its an unconventional set-up.
All right, this gon be good.
Like 2022sThe DominoEffectbefore it, its a virtuosic display of pacing, choreography, and character work.
Consider Siddiqs aforementioned anecdote about getting thrown in his car trunk.
I was just in that trunk, and I didnt put that tire back right, he says.
I am on that tire, and I am madder than a motherfucker.
He clasps his hands and legs tightly together, instantly becoming her mother.
Then he leans back onto the stool as if hes sizing someone up, transforming into her intimidating father.
He has to maintain momentum by finding little laughs in his constructions of elaborate scenes.
He needs the audience to invest repeatedly into minor characters from his life.
And he needs to justify the entire undertaking by making the stakes feel weighty.
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