A large cast of proletarian-types and capitalist-types fill out the sociological picture -- it's pre-Revolutionary China -- and the whole panorama is watched over by three gods looking for goodness in the world and a lowly water carrier who acts as a narrative liaison between gods and men. ... Granted, Brechtian distancing techniques and broad characterizations often encourage stodgy delivery, but some of the supporting cast are wooden in ways that mark this as a collegiate show -- and yet I hesitate to say "amateur" in this regard, because many a professional production could learn a...

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