Title:
Bigotry on Broadway : an anthology
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
Montreal : Baraka Books, [2021]
Physical Description:
216 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781771862561
Abstract:
"How do intellectuals and scholars feel about how members of their ethnic groups are portrayed on Broadway? How would we know? Very few of them have the power to rate which plays and musicals are worthy and which are flops, and above all, be heard or read. The American critical fraternity is an exclusive club. In this hard-hitting anthology, Ishmael Reed and Carla Blank have invited a diverse group of informed and accomplishes writers, both women and men, who are rarely heard to comment on the long-standing bigotry on Broadway towards many different ethnic minorities. Contributors include Lonely Christopher, Tommy Curry, Jack Foley, Emil Guillermo, Claire J. Harris, Yuri Kageyama, Soraya McDonald, Nancy Mercado, Aimee Phan, Betsy Theobald Richards, Shawn Wong, David Yearsley, and the editors." - publisher's description.
Contents:
Introduction / Ismael Reed -- Foreword: Is Broadway about Dollars and Cents? / Carla Blank -- Great Moments with Mr. Hamilton / Lonely Christopher -- Making Mister: Anti-Black Misandry in Alice Walker's Portrayal of Black Men in "The Color Purple" / Tommy J. Curry -- Irving Berlin: Bigotry and Brilliance / Jack Foley -- Neither Cockeyed nor an Optimist about "South Pacific" / Emil Guillermo -- "The Book of Mormon" is Racist -- Why Isn't Anyone Talking about It / Claire J. Harris -- Why "Butterfly" Should Stop Committing Literary Hara-kiri / Yuri Kageyama -- The Unbearable Whiteness of "Oklahoma!" / Soraya Nadia McDonald -- Everyone Tells My "West Side Story" but Me / Nancy Mercado -- "South Pacific", "Miss Saigon", Soft Power, and Me / Aimee Phan -- When You Mess with Creation Myths, the Knives Come Out / Ishmael Reed / Responding to "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" & Claiming the Power of Native Voice / Betsy Theobald Richards -- Dance and Song Before Story: Was "Flower Drum Song" a Phantasy? / Shawn Wong -- "Oklahoma!": As American as Apple Pie and Broken Treaties / David Yearsley.
Language:
English
