‘Confederates’ Off Broadway Review: Dominique Morisseau Suggests College Is the New Plantationk
Before giving Malik that A-plus, Sandra criticizes his paper, saying, “I think you can draw more concise lines between corporate America and the plantation.” Morisseau has no such problem drawing those lines. She gets the job done in record time.
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‘Confederates’ Mightily Walks Down the Elusive Road to Freedom
Time sways back and forth like a Newton’s Cradle in Dominique Morisseau’s new biting comedy Confederates, where the differences between understanding, or experiencing racism from a historical, intellectual context, and being confronted with it in a visceral way, become stark clear. The play tackles the subject of slavery in the raw, as well as its […]
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A Need for Black Criticism As Black Art Rises in Theater
Attending theater press performances has made me extremely aware of the lack of diversity in dramatic criticism. Every time I arrive at a show on or off-Broadway for a press evening, I scan the room like clockwork, looking for the other critics I am lucky enough to be in attendance with. Since the reopening of […]
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