Tuesday, February 20, 2018
August Wilson Wrote 10 Plays that Chronicle the 20th Century African-American Experience
This is a short piece I wrote about August Wilson Century Cycle published at Biography.com this week. Wilson wrote ten plays, each set in a different decade to tell collectively thru different stories the 20th century African-American experience in America.
Playwright Lorraine Hansberry's 'A Raisin in the Sun' as Black Activism
The first of my articles for Biography.com was published earlier this week. The assignment was to 800-100 words on the artist (Lorraine Hansberry) and the work (A Raisin in the Sun) - the cultural and historical context and continuing legacy and relevance.
...The Younger family is waiting for a $10,000 life insurance check resulting from the father’s recent death. The windfall represents a kind of liberation to the family with the central conflict over how to spend the money...
Monday, February 19, 2018
Drag - Rid the Id and Let the Ego Run Wild
Someone reminded me recently that while roaming the merch and seen-and-be-seen pathways of RuPaul's NYC DragCon 2017, my boyfriend managed to opine for Screening by Mashable: Day Jobs of Drag Queens
I ended up closing out the video with things I don't mind being quoted as saying.
"I hate to say something completely cliche but it's all drag."
"And at the end of the day we get to put on costumes and get rid of some of the id and let the ego run wild!"
I ended up closing out the video with things I don't mind being quoted as saying.
"I hate to say something completely cliche but it's all drag."
"And at the end of the day we get to put on costumes and get rid of some of the id and let the ego run wild!"
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drag,
dragcon,
dragconnyc,
mashable,
rupaul
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