Donald Egley
Theatre 241
December 1, 2004
Paper #1
Throughout the 1950's and 1960's, racism plagued the heart and soul of Americans. During this period, many Americans did not realize the sub-racism that was occurring with African Americans. "Yellowman" written by Dael Orlandersmith recognizes and embraces the racism that occurred and develops reasons why African Americans treated each other the way they did. A major concept that was developed was the separation between light skinned and dark skinned African Americans. Through the scenery, sound, and lighting, it allowed the audience to depict a vision of turmoil among African Americans during this time period.
The scenery was not elaborate in "Yellowman" because it solely wanted the audience to be able to imagine and create their own mental picture of what happen during their early childhoods and what was occurring now. The scenery was made up with a couple chairs on stage for each actor. Each actor performs many......
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