| Does the conversation on representation in "Inheritance" reframe critique (unfair?) of Belize in "Angels"? | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 10:47 am EST 02/10/20 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 10:37 am EST 02/10/20 | |
| In reply to: No one has dictated that Lopez write "about race." - Delvino 09:47 am EST 02/10/20 | |
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| This is off my post above about Lopez's world, a rejoinder. Circa the last two revivals of "Angels," Belize came under fire for various reasons. Some feel (it's even in Spark Notes) he's stereotypical, a person of color in a Magic Negro construct, on hand to spout wisdom and provide solace to white characters who face existential crises; others argue that the story doesn't provide him with similar agency in his own life; other said both. Yet in light of "The Inheritance"'s debate, Belize perhaps stands out in new relief. I was a minority opinion (minority meaning my take: I'm an old white guy), I have always felt Belize was critical to the era-specifics of "Angels," i.e. as a health care worker on the early front lines. He stands in -- with full dimensionalilty -- as a proxy for the many people in the community forced to wed identity and career in service of unprecedented calamity. There is no Belize in "The Inheritance," no real access to the Belizes of the pandemic*. Whatever one feels about Kushner's focus on white men, Belize's woven presence in the plotting and sheer weight in the story make a case for the larger community presented. *Arguably, of course Walter carries that weight, having provided an extraordinary hospice that informs the entire story; I'm referring specifically to health care workers, particularly men and women of color |
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