Oscar, a fat freshman in thick bifocals meeting his college roommate for the first time, greets him with what sounds like an insult: "Hail, dog of God!" His new roommate, the street-smart Yunior, responds in kind: "Your mother what?" But then Oscar explains: "God: Domini. Dog: Canis. Hail, dominicanis!" Both teenagers are dominicanis " immigrants...
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:07PM on October 16, 2019