Race: The Movie: The Play, I was skeptical. What could possibly be said about racial-harmony movies like Green Book and Django Unchained that hasn’t already been said in snarky Tweets?
Anyway, Green Book was released five years ago now, and it seems like even more of a relic in a post-COVID world. Why now?I needn’t have worried.
Co-writers Bret Raybould and Cristian Duran, with Duran at the helm directing and Raybould co-starring alongside “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Dean Edwards, have put together a breezy, laugh-out-loud satire that starts with a Green Book-type plot and tackles everything from racial slurs to cancel culture to Disney IP.
With a huge cast, goofy stage fighting, and plenty of knowing asides to the audience, it makes for a fun, thought-provoking ninety minutes at Soho Playhouse.This self-aware show addresses the elephant in the room head-on with a pre-show announcement: Raybould is white, and Duran half-Black.
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