*Spoiler Alert* - Even if you know that Leonard is killed half-way through the book, it still comes as a shock.
He is characterized, in the novel, like Dorothy - "more the type to be heading toward a place like Oz, as in The Wizard of." He never gets there. While he is never outright labeled as gay, Leonard carries all the packaging of the gay male effeminate stereotype. Leonard has all the Packaging of a Gay Stereotype Leonard seems oblivious to the fact that Phoebe does not take to lightly to his fashion decisions - pink and lime-green capri pants and a "too small T-shirt." However, for Phoebe, Leonard was "way too different." And it is this aversion to difference that Lecesne grapples with in this book. When he first arrives at his aunt's house - to move in - he is met with derision by his cousin, Phoebe, who is also the narrator of the story. Leonard is characterized as a nice, talkative fourteen-year-old boy. Almost as a counterpoint, in Absolute Brightness(2016),* James Lecesne tells the story of a teenager, Leonard Pelkey, who is murdered in Neptune, New Jersey. He wrote a novella that was adapted into a short film about a precocious boy who feels rejected by his family and attempts suicide - only to be rattled back to his senses by a cute candy striper at the hospital. Sunlight disinfects, Lecesne and Max tell us, but we have to remember that shining it is a daily ■ 51 ■ /tablehopping ■ ■ facebook.In the late 90s, James Lecesne raised awareness about gay teen suicide. He pays for those differences with his life. A strange kid – one different enough to make platform sneakers by gluing a rainbow array of flip-flop soles to the bottom of his Converse Chuck Taylors – comes to a community that isn't as accepting as its residents would like to think. With several more weeks left in the run, it seems likely Roe's portrayals will deeepen, but on Saturday, in only the third performance before an audience, he exhibited less onstage assurance than he's shown many times in the past.Ī murder puts "The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey" in motion, but there's not really much of a mystery.
Nor do his physical and vocal distinctions differentiate the characters as clearly as needed.
(The complete piece is on YouTube.) Roe's movements seem heavy, burdened, and he doesn't always effectively manage the quicksilver transformations between and among characters required by the script. While Roe, a reliable presence at local community theaters for decades, is an accomplished actor when he's playing a single role, the challenges in "Leonard Pelkey" are harder than they would appear when you see Lecesne performing the work. We tallied the votes from this year’s Best of the Capital Region contest in 100 categories.
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