Tim Miller Feed On Thursday Night Analysis

As I walked out of the theatre from watching Tim Miller’s Rooted on Thursday night, I thought about what made Tim Miller unique from other performances. I thought about his uses of light to transition in between scenes. I thought of how he addressed the audience, and how casual he was with us as we were watching. The performance was more than just technical effects, lines, and characters. The performance was about his life dealing with the social and political opposition to his homosexuality.

Tim Miller came dressed in a black T-shirt, brownish grey cargo shorts, black rolled up socks, and sneakers. This was intersecting because it was so casual. It gave a very informal feeling, which paralleled his life. Miller talked about how far from clean and formal was his life. He talked about how his marriage ceremony lasted for less than 10 minutes, and that he was coming from a workshop. He even told the audience that the clothes he was wearing were the exact same clothes that he had on for his wedding. I saw it as being very honest and it illustrated to the audience that he was
It was very minimalistic in the sense that it was only Tim Miller on stage. He only had one costume and no set pieces or props. This helps to go along with my point of his piece being an inclusive and intimate experience. The transitions that Miller used all are queued by light. He would transition with the position of the light with each change of location or time of the story.

Miller used his story about being a homosexual to inspire the coming generations to be free and open about their identity. He was blunt with his language and was not shy of giving details about how he felt when faced with opposition from “conservatives” and “rednecks.” I saw how he was trying to bring up a conversation about how the connection between two people is stronger than that of the