A Girl Named Ralph
BY Kate Lacey
July 04, 2008 12:07
Rafaella Diana depicts growing up Italian in Montreal in a series of sweet but slight vignettes. Ralph’s youthful exploits are narrated by her older self, a set-up which implies a coming-of-age story but Diana’s character doesn’t age, much less develop. As a result, the play has little dramatic momentum, just a mixture of soft ethnic jokes and “Eee! Madon’!” outbursts. A tagged-on final monologue addresses immigrant struggles but the last-minute grasp for sentiment can’t bestow weight to this collection of sketches.
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