{"product_id":"trouble-in-mind-9781636700151","title":"Trouble in Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Painfully\u003cbr\u003erelevant... One is gradually struck by how bracingly prophetic the late\u003cbr\u003eplaywright's script turns out to be.\" --\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAhead of its\u003cbr\u003etime, \u003ci\u003eTrouble in Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, written in 1955, follows the rehearsal process of\u003cbr\u003ean anti-lynching play preparing for its Broadway debut. When Wiletta, a Black\u003cbr\u003eactress and veteran of the stage, challenges the play's stereotypical portrayal\u003cbr\u003eof the Black characters, unsettling biases come to the forefront and reveal the\u003cbr\u003eways so-called progressive art can be used to uphold racist attitudes.\u003cbr\u003eScheduled to open on Broadway in 1957, Childress objected to the requested\u003cbr\u003echanges in the script that would \"sanitize\" the play for mainstream audiences, \u003cbr\u003eand the production was canceled as a result. Childress's final script is published\u003cbr\u003ehere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636700151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120","brand":"Alice Childress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41968440901813,"sku":"9781636700151","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4de0cc38-a0e4-4d54-9a7b-0d6e40104476.jpg?v=1647958007","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/trouble-in-mind-9781636700151","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}