The Colored Museum has electrified, discomforted, and delighted audiences of all colors, redefining our ideas of what it means to be black in contemporary America. Its eleven "exhibits" undermine black stereotypes old and new, and return to the facts of what being black means. " Mr. Wolfe is the kind of satirist who takes no prisoners. The shackles of the past have been defied by Mr. Wolfe's fearless humor, and it's a most liberating revolt!" - Frank Rich, The New York Times; "Brings forth a bold new voice that is bound to shake up blacks and whites with separate-but-equal impartiality. True satire." - Jack Kroll, Newsweek.
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The Colored Museum has electrified, discomforted, and delighted audiences of all colors, redefining our ideas of what it means to be black in contemporary America. Its eleven `exhibits' undermine black stereotypes old and new, and return to the facts of what being black means. Mr. Wolfe is the kind of satirist who takes no prisoners. The shackles of the past have been defied by Mr. Wolfe's fearless humor, and it's a most liberating revolt! --Frank Rich, The New York Time
Brings forth a bold new voice that is bound to shake up blacks and whites with separate-but-equal impartiality. True satire. --Jack Kroll, Newsweek --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Brings forth a bold new voice that is bound to shake up blacks and whites with separate-but-equal impartiality. True satire. --Jack Kroll, Newsweek --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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I was fortunate enough to see "The Colored Museum" when it was off Broadway in 1987. It's amazing, though some might find it insensitive, especially the skit ("exhibit") called "Git on Board" which is a satire of a transAtlantic slave voyage. Other highlights include "The Hairpiece" which has two wigs, a straight one & a "nappy" one, trying to convince a woman to wear one of them. The best piece in the whole collection is a satire of Lorraine Hansberry's "Raisin in the Sun" (& the overacted movie version of the play starring Danny Glover) called "The Last Mama on the Couch" play. If anyone has a tape of the PBS presentation of "The Colored Museum," I would appreciate being able to get a copy of it because mine got cut off.
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The creative and imaginative pen of Geroge C. Wolfe "paints" a canvas of honesty through humor and reflection. How often do we get to laugh at ourselves while educating yourself and others? I have used The Colored Museum in teaching liturature to my urban students and it provided a vehicle that allowed them to express a deeper understanding of themselves. Very seldom does that happen.
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It's a satire with plenty of humor, featuring a series of Museum Exhibits (or theatre playlets) drawn from the African American past and it's adversity.
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Miss Roi, Miss Roj, The Gospel According, The Hairpiece, Fasten Your Shackle, The Last Mama-on-the-Couch Play New!
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Blackness. Cut by drums pounding. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Roi, Miss Roj, The Gospel According, The Hairpiece, Fasten Your Shackle, The Last Mama-on-the-Couch Play New!
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