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emmasophierund's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting play. Very different from any play I’ve read or seen before. The subject matter is fascinating, but it feels way too short. It seems like two heavy of a topic to be covered in 46 pages (I’d guess 40 minutes run time). Would recommend for theatre nerds just to read something different but would not recommend for production
vandekrol's review against another edition
5.0
I saw "Black Jesus" performed at the Finborough Theatre, where Anders Lustgarten is playwright in residence, and then read the script again to make sure I caught everything. It is set in the very near future in Zimbabwe as the nation is trying to deal with the atrocities that were forced upon them and through them under Mugabe's dictatorship. The play is incredibly powerful and I was shocked to learn later that after flying to Zimbabwe and having a successor piece of his performed there, Lustgarten decided to tone it down so that it wouldn't be so arduous to watch. Yet even with the unfathomable horrors and smothering corruption, hope, somehow, finds a way to keep working.
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