‘Sweet Tea’ infused with colorful personalities
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When a Georgia native named Freddie settles down on a chair near the wrought ironwork of a Southern veranda, carefully adjusting the rings on his fingers as he recalls his turbulent childhood, he likely doesn't realize the metaphorical aptness of his location. Freddie, one of the characters in "Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South," E. Patrick Johnson's earnest, studiously poignant, humor-leavened solo show, suffered vicious bullying as a youngster — at least he did until (as he relates with a hint of glee) he solved the problem by using a razor blade on one of his tormentors. Like the iron that has gone into the veranda's filigreed railings, in other words, Freddie has endured great stresses and emerged from them, resilient and imposing.
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