Michelle Hand, as the youngest, Deborah, both in appearance and demeanor embodied the lessening effect of history on subsequent generations, as fear lifts and lightness takes its place, and the struggle to find a balance between the past and the future grows more removed.

With lines such as, “I hope I didn’t dent your ’do,” “I wish everyday was negro day!” and “If we get one more white person in here, it will be a suburb” to deliver, how could the laughs not be forthcoming?