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ha oh dear!
Posted by: Chazwaza 09:07 pm EDT 08/27/20
In reply to: re: what is problematic in Ragtime? - showtunesoprano 08:56 pm EDT 08/27/20

My memory is off then, and I saw the show recently! You're right.

So I take that part back. However, police murdering an unarmed black man who is surrendering even is a very real thing... I think there's an argument to be made for not rewriting that either. Especially when the majority of the audience is going to be white, and Coalhouse is a character we love and understand and side with and root for. I could easily see that moment happening with projections flashing of articles about black men in our day being murdered by the police to tie it into the idea that nothing has changed and connect 1904 to today, as the show should do in our minds if not literally.
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