“I left the play feeling shocked but relieved, because it was like I had an awakening, seeing these everyday microaggressions I deal with being played out on stage and sitting with over 700 black people from the community”
Joaquina Kalukango and Paul Alexander Nolan as Kaneisha and Jim. Photo: Matthew Murphy Slave Play is the most-talked-about show on Broadway right now. In just under two hours, the play takes on race, sex, power, colorism, inequality, sexual inadequacy, gentrification, rape, and mental illness.
Devine: I couldn’t see the dick from my seat, but the whole interracial story line made me think of my last relationship. Heavy. Devine: Yeah. I was laughing a lot, too. But in the beginning, the “slave play” portion was complicated — do I laugh or do I not? And then there was the part at the end of the play when Kaneisha and her husband, Jim, are in the bedroom. Kaneisha is alone in the space, packing up, and you can see her emotionally reacting to all of the frustrations that have built up in her relationship. Then Jim enters the room, sad and needy, trying to understand why she walked away from the therapy session.
Devine: I knew a guy like Phillip in college. He didn’t want to own his blackness because he was biracial. He literally told me he was not black. Devine: Once Phillip was given the time to PROCESS , everything changed. Also, why was Kaneisha’s husband getting so mad when the therapist kept telling him to process?
Nana: Growing up, when you watch TV, the wealthy black people are what? Light-skinned. It makes sense that you have to restructure. We all have to rewire our brains. It’s only recently that it’s become mainstream to say that dark skin is beautiful. Indya: It was like being in church — the cheers and hollering and the “hmmhmms” after a character said something powerful that really resonated. As soon as Kaneisha started twerking to “Work” in the opening, people were shouting “aye” as if we were dancing at a family function. It was incredible and was really a privilege to be able to watch with an all-black audience. I felt like I was in a safe space, like I was watching something with my friends or relatives.
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