Sun March 1, 2020
The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae
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This satirical play by Karani Marcia Leslie Johnson is set up as a mock trial of black female identity--specifically the jovial, asexual and servile "mammy," along with the hyper-sexualized Jezebel-like "Safreeta Mae" stereotypes, which the main character charges, are actually based on television, advertising and the movies, not reality. And it is these stereotypes that have impeded her success in making it up the entertainment industry's corporate ladder
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This satirical play by Karani Marcia Leslie Johnson is set up as a mock trial of black female identity--specifically the jovial, asexual and servile "mammy," along with the hyper-sexualized Jezebel-like "Safreeta Mae" stereotypes, which the main character charges, are actually based on television, advertising and the movies, not reality. And it is these stereotypes that have impeded her success in making it up the entertainment industry's corporate ladder
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401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102
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