A short YouTube monologue comparing three plays, with the speaker favoring August Wilson’s Fences and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The speaker highlights Fences’ exploration of the tense relationship between a Black father and son, and Ma Rainey’s focus on reconciling artistic integrity with a society that exploits Black artists.
What is your favorite of these three, by the way? It's hard. So here's what I'll say. It's not Joe Turner's come and gone. No disrespect to Joe Turner's come and gone, but it's like neck and neck between Fences and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Because Fences chronicles this very tense relationship between black father and son. And Ma Rainey's Black Bottom chronicles.
How you reconcile your artistry with a world that doesn't respect you. They want your art, but they don't want you. And as technology is creeping up and advancing, there are ways that we can get your art without you. And yet you're not going to stop creating. So what do you do?
