The supporting cast of Sing Sing includes many former inmates from the notorious jail.
. I’ve always been touched by the idea theatre enthusiasts can come from any walk of life – roughly the premise of Greg Kwedar’s docudramaKwedar didn’t get to shoot in Sing Sing, but his supporting cast includes many former inmates: veterans of a rehabilitation program that let them stage plays, guided by volunteers such as director Brent Buell .
The first is John “Divine G” Whitfield, played by distinguished screen and stage actor Colman Domingo . Whitfield is the prison’s resident intellectual, a published novelist who’s spent years battling to prove his innocence while giving legal advice to others. Outwardly mild, he’s still conscious of being a man apart. But if Whitfield is the troupe’s top dog, a rival is set on being a greater Dane: the swaggering Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin, who plays himself in his screen debut. The tension between these characters is boosted by the contrast between Domingo’s highly crafted performance and Maclin’s more intuitive one.
From here, it’s a small step to the familiar but bottomless paradoxes associated not just with theatre but with make-believe in general. Maclin’s dramatic gifts first emerge in the prison yard, where he uses them to intimidate a fellow inmate; at a later parole hearing, Whitfield mentions his involvement with the theatre program as a point in his favour, only to be asked if he’s “acting” at the hearing itself.often appears to be straining to satisfy competing demands.
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