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Ostensibly a series of scenes set as living exhibits in a museum of Black history, “The Colored Museum?? shows an ambitious willingness to ask fundamental questions of race and class that make it a success on artistic and socio-critical levels. But the satire’s power lies not in its scenarios but in its emotions; there is nothing comparable to the fundamental fury of an oppressed people...
...Colored Museum?? acknowledges and addresses the existence of a collective cultural anger that has arisen from the historical oppression of the African-American people. One especially persistent theme is the willingness of modern African-Americans to attempt to lay this wrath to rest...
Campus promotions for “The Colored Museum?? warn that, “There comes a time when we must stop hurting and start laughing, even if it is uncomfortable.” But when it opened in 1986, George C. Wolfe’s “The Colored Museum?? was rarely received with just laughter or tears. In fact, the controversial play of 11 vignettes was even labeled “anti-black” by some during its initial production...
Featuring a colorful cast of characters ranging from a perky and saucy black flight attendant to a feisty drag queen character, the darkly comic “The Colored Museum?? manages to crawl under the skin of viewers. There is no escaping the implications of its message...
...Gentry ’07, Co-President of BlackCAST, admits that he first read the play years ago in high school but the words stuck with him. When determining the BlackCAST season this year, he immediately jumped at the opportunity to present “The Colored Museum?? to Harvard audiences because it is “something that has been with me since I arrived...