This makes my life better.
Zora, Nella
“But she was more eccentrically self-directed than many of her fans today realize, a fervent Republican who would be at home today on Fox News.” Behold:
http://city-journal.org/2009/19_3_urb-zora-neale-hurston.html
The above (sent to me by one special Swede ) along with two recent conversations regarding Hurston and her legacy, encouraged me to revisit Larsen’s Passing— finally.
Why he is St. Genet
“This play, written, I repeat, by a white man, is intended for a white audience, but if, which is unlikely, it is ever performed before a black audience, then a white person, male or female, should be invited every evening. The organizer of the show should welcome him formally, dress him in ceremonial costume and lead him to his seat, preferably in the first row of the orchestra. The actors will play for him. A spotlight should be focused upon this symbolic white throughout the performance. But what if no white person accepted? Then let white masks be distributed to the black spectators as they enter the theater. And if the blacks refuse the masks, then let a dummy be used.” — on his play Les Nègres, The Blacks
