Blackface: A Performance Device With The Power To Shock
"Theater that shocks is, of course, in the eye (and mind) of the beholder, but most plays and musicals in recent decades have ignored blunt instruments like blackface. ... For the most part, shocks onstage tend to come through incendiary language, provocative plot turns and chilling frights." The New York Times 02/03/10

Posted February 3, 2010 05:45 AM