Nyasha Hatendi talks about how Invisible Man changed her perspective and led her to August Wilson's work. She performed in Malik Brown's play Real Black Men Don't Sit Cross Legged on the Floor, which explored what it means to be Black and male.
How did your outlook change?
My outlook changes.
Where I.
Felt liberated, I felt seen, I felt I understood a little bit more about the complexities of how.
Did that change your behavior, your approach?
I started reading a lot of August Wilson. I started wanting to be involved in African American theater a lot. I started doing I ended up in a play called Real Black Men Don't Sit Cross Legged on the Floor by a guy called Malik Brown, which was done by a.
Is that a true statement?
Yeah, it's true.
Well, I wouldn't quantify whether somebody's a man or not, whether if they're cross.
Legged on the floor. But does it make you. Yeah, it's funny. Does it make you white if you sit cross legged on the floor?
I think the suggestion is that, yeah, possibly.
It's a great tunnel. It is. Makes you think. Yes.
