Sunday, November 15, 2009
Tarell Alvin McCraney Digs Up Gods From the Bayou
NYTimes.com: "TARELL ALVIN McCRANEY enters. Miami, 1980s. He is a boy growing up in the Liberty City housing projects, among the nation’s worst. He stays with his father and grandparents on some nights. They feed him peanut butter and jelly, and he is content. They are devout Baptists and fill up the boy with God’s stories, and he is content."
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The beginning of the article seems to really sum up everything. The author introduces this boy who is leading a terrible life, but is "content" and "happy." This really speaks to the playwrights sensibility and explains how seemingly calm he is. This also could be how he has such a unique voice - although he has seen it all he manages to just internalize the problems and express them creatively - instead of seeking more gruesome, typical means of expression. This article really draws me to go see one of his shows.
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