| re: "…to see a chart of victims." |
| Last Edit: Delvino 08:15 pm EST 02/03/22 |
| Posted by: Delvino 08:06 pm EST 02/03/22 |
| In reply to: re: "…to see a chart of victims." - ryhog 06:12 pm EST 02/03/22 |
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And through that prism:
The show operates with a bizarre factory reset, presuming the biography of the title character can be amended to halt prior to the point of his infamous global humiliation. But it's specious reasoning indeed to expect critics and audiences to accept this compromised narrative negotiated by Nottage, the producers, and the estate. Everyone who reviews the piece or buys a ticket arrives with full knowledge of Jackson's complicated history, fully documented and sourced. To scold the culture at large for daring to bring that information into the theater -- or to this board -- is quite the odd rap on the knuckles. As someone on Twitter quipped, it's like writing a play about John Wilkes Boothe that stops in 1864, and then demanding that no one mention what happened to Booth afterwards. As glib as that sounds, it's 100% the point here. |
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