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...think it's much more direct, and this is the chief thing I've tried to do with this production. In 1961, I don't think black people understood as fully as we do today the difference between anger and hatred. Genet uses the word "hatred" constantly in this play. Anger is the kind of thing Ed Bullins is writing about, and Leroi Jones, with "eighteen muthah-fuckahs" and "I'm gonna kill yoah ass" and all that. Which is perfectly valid, and thef're absolutely right in what they're writing about. But Genet has gone one step behind...
...think it distinguishes Genet...
...think Genet's perspective in The Blacks reflects the fact that he's white...
...talking with the cast about this the other day. Genet is a criminal who has lived more of his life in jail than out of it. He's an overt homosexual and has lived his entire life that...
...Would you consider literally following Genet's instructions...