Word: melfi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...took an acting role at the last moment when the star went off to Hollywood. Other critical successes in New York were the productions of The Indian Wants the Bronx and Morning, part of the trilogy Morning, Noon, and Night, which he wrote with Terrence McNally and Leonard Melfi. In addition. he was playwright-in-residence with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has been awarded two OBIE's. In an interview one afternoon last week he commented on all this...
...Radical politics tend to be simple minded. When you're writing in that milieu, you make sure to stay simple-minded and to make sure your plot surprises are really hokey and funky and funny, just the opposite of what Melfi does. But you run the risk of creating an entertainment. A month later you realize those were white actors. White is black is white with whites playing blacks turning white. It's like an Amos and Andy show. The point of the play is that most people are so lethargic on the issue of racism. I generally write...