Miller Mississippi Play Analysis

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A Raw Look at Mississippi’s Past

Miller, Mississippi tells the story of a white family and its black maid during the time of Civil Rights movements in Jackson, Mississippi. While the play spans through the mid-1990s, the majority of the play takes place in the 60s and 70s as it stresses the wretchedness of racism. In the play, the majority of the characters die, and playwright, Boo Killebrew does a great job telling the story of how the family faces adversity in a captivating, attention-grabbing manner. The set at the Wyly Theater in Dallas is rather small but puts viewers smack-dab in the middle of the family’s life as the audience essentially sits in the Miller’s living room, with the first row being on the floor of the family’s room. Miller, …show more content…
This sets the tone for the play making it deep and dramatic from the get-go. Throughout the play, news frequently comes in from the television affecting each family member differently. The oldest sibling, Thomas (Alex Organ) takes a point of view similar to one of a white supremacist. He uses the n-word many times with no shame in front of their black maid, Doris (Liz Mikel), and makes numerous racist remarks claiming he’s following in the footsteps of his father who takes the role of the typical southern man. The news affects the younger brother, John (Dylan Godwin) in a completely opposite way as he wants to help people of the movement by being as he says, “a vessel”. This approach leads John into trouble as the story develops as he will do anything for change to occur even if it involves risking his relationship with his family. Mildred, the mother (Sally Nystuen Vahle) doesn’t take much action in regard to the racism and violence, expressing time and time again that the faults were of those involved in the news, saying they went out looking for trouble. The sister of the family, Becky (Leah Karpel) has troubles of her own as she deals with abuse, physically and verbally from her oldest brother, Thomas and with her mother constantly nagging her to become “socially active” and more like the ordinary southern
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