CS 139: Slave Play Discussion, Part 2 (12/18/2018) (Patreon)

Today we discuss the new upcoming play "Slave Play" and try to place it into the larger context of white liberals and the black creators they enlist to provide them with trauma porn.

DIscussed in this episode:

• “Decolonizing My Desire How I came to grips with my attraction to white men.“ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qgm9g/decolonizing-my-desire
• “Meet Jeremy O. Harris: The Queer Black Savior the Theater World Needs” https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2018/11/08/meet-jeremy-oharris-queer-black-savior-theater-world-needs
• “Introducing Jeremy O. Harris: The Theater World’s Vital New Voice” https://www.gq.com/story
• Soraya McDonald's positive review: https://theundefeated.com/features/slave-play-theater-off-broadway-racism-peels-back-veneer-of-racial-innocence-in-northern-whites/
• Soraya McDonald writing about Black men, comparing them to potential Elliot Rodger and painting them as the next major mass terror threat to look out for: "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Hoteps?" https://theundefeated.com/whhw/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-hoteps/ My thread characterizing her article and the harm it attempted to do to a specific Black man and Black men in general: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/991428444545306624 
• Soraya McDonald tweeting about therapy: https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=from%3Asorayamcdonald%20theraoy&src=typd ; Soraya McDonald's article about how she had to learn to love being a Black woman and discovered her blackness in college: "How I learned to love myself as a black woman" https://theundefeated.com/features/learned-to-love-myself-as-a-black-woman/ 
• "I Have Feared White Men and I Have Loved Him" by Roxane Gay https://www.newstatesman.com/2014/10/roxane-gay-i-have-feared-white-men-and-i-have-loved-them; Roxane Gay history of tweeting about therapy: https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=from%3Argay%20therapy&src=typd
• Description of "Slave Play" on New York Theater Workshop’s webpage: https://www.nytw.org/show/slave-play/
• THR Review: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/slave-play-theater-1167768?utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
• “What Makes Jeremy O. Harris’ ‘Slave Play’ Such a Powerful Play About Racism https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-makes-jeremy-o-harris-slave-play-such-a-powerful-play-about-racism
• Asian Blue Check Writer's tweet about Slave Play https://twitter.com/diepthought/status/1068556290975240193 

Intro song: "Deep End" by BenjiFlow. You can find playlist of songs used in episodes on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/user/tbilzie/playlist/5emXF3iqhZLU6IuszSRvun?si=xpTnnAbSSVKv3jTXg86XCg.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com)