"Twerk, twerk, Miley, only in America". Gry z rasą w amertkańskim "kolorowym" teatrze
"Twerk, twerk, Miley, only in America": Plays on Race in the American "Colored" Theater
Author(s): Grzegorz StępniakSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Keywords: Trayvon Martin; Fusillade; Media; Miley Cyrus; MTV Video Music Awards; I‘ma Be Me; Wanda Sykes; Lear; Young Jean Lee; Race; Stereotype
Summary/Abstract: The author opens his text by mentioning the controversy surrounding the lethal shooting of dark-skinned teenager Trayvon Martin in February 2012. The crime of the accused was not considered racially motivated because, although his skin was white, he was of Latino origin. In the following parts of the article he analyzes both media (e.g. Miley Cyrus's performance at the MTV Video Music Awards) and theater phenomena (I‘ma Be Me byWanda Sykes and Lear byYoung Jean Lee), in which the exposure and, sometimes, the reinterpretation of overriding race and gender stereotypes occur.
Journal: Didaskalia. Gazeta Teatralna
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 119
- Page Range: 26-34
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Polish