A Forum on Black Theatre: The Questions: What Is a Black Play? and/or What Is Playing Black?

Smith asserts that black play is a play about how things are not what they seem to be. The movies and plays often stop at that very place where things seem to be, rather than what they really are, behind the wall. This "play" is about the songs in the black community that not all can sing....

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Published in:Theatre journal (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2005-12, Vol.57 (4), p.571
Main Authors: Smith, Anna Deavere, Parks, Suzan-Lori, McCauley, Robbie, Krasner, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American literature
African Americans
American literature
Black history
Cleage, Pearl
Dee, Ruby
Hands
Hansberry, Lorraine (1930-1965)
Motion pictures
Parks, Suzan-Lori
Slavery
Theater
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Summary:Smith asserts that black play is a play about how things are not what they seem to be. The movies and plays often stop at that very place where things seem to be, rather than what they really are, behind the wall. This "play" is about the songs in the black community that not all can sing. It is about needing not a hand clap but a hand shake. This is a different "play" which can't be found in slave plays. There's no one "play" for the black community anymore. There is no "black play". There are many yet unspoken, so many that are only hints and gestures and so many that are yet unseen.
ISSN:0192-2882
1086-332X