Review: nytheatre.com

Debbie Hoodiman Beaudin reviews A Raisin in the Salad: Black Plays for White People at nytheatre.com.

I am confused.

I have many questions after seeing A Raisin in the Salad: Black Plays for White People. What do characters do when their playwright abandons them? Can a playwright ever hope to name his characters, to really represent them? Is a playwright – a black playwright, a white playwright—able to write honestly about his or her characters or do stereotypes always get in the way? What is a "black play"? What makes a play "for white people"? What stereotypes of black and white people do I hold onto with or without my consent? What does it mean when the characters in a play are called Black Boy, Black Girl, White Lady, White Girl, and White Boy?

My confusion is not necessarily a bad thing....

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