Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Poor drama asks what is the truth, says playwright David Mamet. Better drama asks what are the lies.
His thought-provoking, disquieting and thoroughly compelling drama "Race" does the latter.
In just shy of 90 intermissionless minutes, Mamet examines the issue of race and the lies we tell each other -- and ourselves -- about it.
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I especially enjoyed the opening line of this article, "Poor drama asks what is the truth, says playwright David Mamet. Better drama asks what are the lies." I believe Mamet is truly onto something here - in that discoveries are made more powerfully through discovering that something once truthful is actually a fallacy than discovering a new truth altogether. That being said, Race seems to be a piece which explores this concept. The very essence of a trial is one based in proving lies (innocent until proven guilty.) Even further issues are brought up when the factor of race is introduced. Some may say that we have been an integrated country for decades now, and that race is no longer a large concern. I disagree with this. As wrong as it is, prejudice still exists, and racial profiling still occurs when a crime is committed. This makes Race relevant as a piece of modern theatre. It is as, if not more important, to continue to explore racial tensions as they are being pushed further and further back in the minds of the public.
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