Editor:
Ms. White did it in the Renegade Rip room with the newspaper. I have been in three plays at Bakersfield College, and all of those plays were this year.
I’ve been in many others and watched even more than that. I have never written a review, and I have read few. This brings up Katherine J. White, who reviewed the last Shakespeare Festival and the play “Ondine.”
Not only was the play reviewed, but the physical characteristics of the actors were insulted. “Troilus and Cressida” had two members of royalty, Troilus and Paris, who were played by Anthony Patterson and John Spitzer.
Apparently, they “didn’t look like warriors.” I didn’t think that comment was neccessary, as they were royalty, but who knows?
Bob Kempf is one of my friends. In no way does his appearance have anything to do with his character. Bob was described by White as “the homely, goggle-eyed Bob Kempf.” Really?
No makeup was put on Kempf, and no character choice was made to point that out. That is just an insult. For “Ondine,” Sarah Taylor was said to be “too sturdy” to play the part of Ondine.
Sarah is a beautiful young lady. If she was supposed to play the part to the tee, she would have actually needed to put on some weight.
Ronnie Hargrave has played a hysterical person from Sweden, a British policeman, and many more characters that obviously make him a “Johnny One-Note.” Admittedly, I wasn’t too happy about my own reviewed performance. Maybe I could have been better. But if the worst thing you can say about me was that I was one of the other bad performers in the play, the others being Sarah Taylor and Luke Choate, then thanks.
Wow, I didn’t insult anyone’s physical appearance. Maybe I am getting a bit of sophistication.

Matthew Borton
BC culinary arts major