Sunday, November 20, 2022

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom By: August Wilson

 
 
The anger is palpable on the page in the 3rd installment of the Wilson cycle.  Set in the 20's in a recording studio in Chicago, the music is key to holding on: on to culture; on to pride; and on to self.  With a twist ending that floored me-Mar Raine's Back Bottom is musically heartbreaking.

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