Along with impressionistic frozen tableaus of the large cast, Evans artfully stages intimate moments, such as a charming scene in which two lovers hide underneath a small cocktail table.
The one-room building contained a table with a porcelain top and a hide-bottomed chair, both sitting under an unfrosted light bulb hanging from the ceiling on a long cord, and Obie went in and scraped dust and fallen dirt-dauber nests off the table with the side of his hand.