Word: wilson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bill Bucker may always be remembered for allowing Mookie Wilson's shot to get past him, but Croteau hopes to come along and be remembered for quite different reasons...
...most sensitive issues for the black middle class is its relationship to the ghetto poor. University of Chicago sociologist William Julius Wilson has elaborated a persuasive theory suggesting that the worsening status of the underclass is inextricably tied to the flight from the inner city of most of its upwardly mobile black population. Its departure not only deprived poor youngsters of successful role models but also knocked the props from under churches, schools and other neighborhood institutions that provided stability and support for the impoverished. Middle-class flight, together with economic shifts that have resulted in a dearth...
Despite its initial charms, this romper room behavior quickly loses its appeal. Even Mr. Rogers knows that there's only so much time one can spend in Make-Believe-Land. Unfortunately, the characters in Lanford Wilson's play overstay their visit...
...Lawrence is an agoraphobic. We are told that Joanna is pregnant. And we are told that they cannot pay their rent. At first, these sound like problems that any audience could relate to. Yet all of these givens lose their meanings in the context of the absurdist world that Wilson creates...
...Landford Wilson's play Home Free is not exactly what you'd call home sweet home. And so, despite the strong performances, the play's disturbing subject matter might make you feel decidedly home free by the time you leave...