Although this was my first time watching a live performance, I wasn’t looking forward to it. I expected a terrible play, after all what in the world was an “emcee” anyway? But, “A Sucker Emcee” was nothing I expected it to be.

I really liked the fact that muMs was performing his own life story, as opposed to a random actor playing his life. I think that muMs did a great job performing his life. However there were parts of the performance that I thought were unnecessary, specifically when he would go into detail about hip-hop. I felt that if the play wasn’t centered around the development of hip-hop and instead entirely on muMs’ life the performance would have been more interesting. However I thought that the performance was somewhat entertaining because of muM’s animated character.

I actually think that making the play a one-man show was a clever idea. And I think that if muMs’ life was produced into a play and acted out it wouldn’t be as interesting or personal as the performance was. I also liked the fact that the play was in the form of spoken word poetry. However, sometimes muMs spoke too fast and so I couldn’t catch what he was saying.

To some extent this performance can appeal to everyone. There were instances in the performance when muMs contemplates the meaning of his life and I think that at least at one point in everyone’s life they begin to think of what their purpose is. Also the themes, don’t give up, chase your dreams, and don’t be afraid are universal. However, I think this performance would definitely have more appeal the lower classes since they can better understand to and relate to muMs’ struggle and background.

I thought that the Q&A session was a nice touch as it cleared up some of the confusions I had (I was unsure if he was actually performing a real life story and if it was his).

All in all I found the performance to be somewhat motivational, entertaining, and interesting. The conclusion of the piece was especially good, my favorite line being “Don’t be a Sucker Emcee.”