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| AIN'T NO MO' Last Night | |
| Last Edit: sergius 09:15 pm EST 11/22/22 | |
| Posted by: sergius 09:10 pm EST 11/22/22 | |
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| An incendiary piece of political theatre, AIN’T NO MO’ is, at its best, furiously funny. Jordan E. Cooper has a lot on his very young, very sharp mind. Even better than his mind is his memory which is of the crucial ancestral variety. Here, all African Americans may return to the motherland for free, as if the cost hasn’t long since been exacted. The play, a bit more overwrought on Broadway than at the Public in 2019, favors anarchic speed over deliberation in its depictions of aspects of black experience and racial trauma. There’s a lot to savor here, but there’s no time for ponderousness; there’s a plane to catch. Of course, in the time worn tradition of cultural appropriation, maybe you can go home again, but all the products of your influence—emotional, cultural, historical—stay put, their genesis potentially forgotten. Despite some awkward tonal shifts, AIN’T NO MO’ is a bright, encouraging work. In all senses of the word, a riot. Is Broadway ready? | |
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| Posted by: den 05:23 pm EST 11/23/22 | |
| In reply to: AIN'T NO MO' Last Night - sergius 09:10 pm EST 11/22/22 | |
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| I saw it Saturday. As with many plays composed principally of sketches, I found the results uneven. The scenes that work are pretty brilliant, though, and while some of the comedy seemed forced and strident to me, the most serious of the scenes, which played out in thoughtful, less-than-“anarchic speed,” was profoundly moving and insightful. I wish this production well. | |
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| Thanks for putting this on my radar | |
| Posted by: vegas 12:23 pm EST 11/23/22 | |
| In reply to: AIN'T NO MO' Last Night - sergius 09:10 pm EST 11/22/22 | |
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| I had not heard about this show, but now I'm adding it to the list for my January trip. | |
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| Posted by: kkocman 10:28 am EST 11/23/22 | |
| In reply to: AIN'T NO MO' Last Night - sergius 09:10 pm EST 11/22/22 | |
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| Very well said. I personally loved it and am thrilled a piece like this is on Broadway. | |
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| Posted by: writerkev 10:10 pm EST 11/22/22 | |
| In reply to: AIN'T NO MO' Last Night - sergius 09:10 pm EST 11/22/22 | |
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| I saw the production at Woolly Mammoth and was really taken with the play as well. Left me thinking about it for days afterward. I think it’s kind of created a new genre: sketch tragedy. | |
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| Posted by: ryhog 10:10 pm EST 11/22/22 | |
| In reply to: AIN'T NO MO' Last Night - sergius 09:10 pm EST 11/22/22 | |
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| I agree with everything you say. As to your question at the end, I think I would argue that when we stop to ask that question, we stand in the way of "bright, encouraging work." There are comparisons, obviously, to some of the plays we have seen in the last year or so (as to which people said Broadway was not ready), and there are also comparisons to George Wolfe's play of roughly 3 decades ago, but this catapults over all of them, in my opinion. No apologies, no safe zone. | |
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