Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category

Don’t rush for David Mamet’s Race

Don’t rush for David Mamet’s Race
Crossposted from Colorlines Magazine Web Exclusive With a title as bold as Race, I was prepared for this play to go where no performance had before. Director David Mamet described his production as “a play about lies,” including the hidden truth that “there has always been, at the very least, a...
February 16th, 2010 | Culture, Reviews | Read More

The unfortunate misdirection of a journey into whiteness

The unfortunate misdirection of a journey into whiteness
Originally published at Psychology Today’s Between the Lines blog (original post) Rich Benjamin, an African American journalist (yes, his race matters) spent over two years (2007-2009) criss-crossing the country, traveling some 27,000 miles to document the latest manifestation of “white flight”...
December 1st, 2009 | Reviews | Read More

District 9 – An allegory of apartheid and segregation

District 9 – An allegory of apartheid and segregation
The new Peter Jackson film, “District 9,” opened at the top of the US box office this past weekend. The film is a mock documentary covering the events surrounding the arrival of an alien spacecraft to planet earth. A spaceship mysteriously appears above Johannesburg, South Africa. After several months...
August 19th, 2009 | Reviews, Talk About Race | Read More