A review by leelulah
Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays: The Drinking Gourd/What Use Are Flowers? by Lorraine Hansberry
3.0
The first and last play here are the most interesting, in fact the absurdist tone of the third, was very impressive as it had one character fruitlessly trying to rebuild the meaning of life in the face of destruction.
I shall review the first since it's what I read as a part of the PopSugar Challenge
25. A book about a family
"TSHEMBE: You'd approve of Okele, Eric. He got two girls in a fix: one European and one black American. And he sent them both to an East Indian abortionist. (He laughs and sets back). "
A common point to focus on when discussing Les Blancs is Hansberry's visceral reply to Jean Genet's Les Noires. In her problematic portrayal of Catholicism through Abioseh's vocation to the priesthood, formulated in terms of acceptance of the Supreme morality of humankind, and the supposed exaltation of Tshembe's ways there seems to be more than meets the eye. It is sadly a posthumous play finished by her late husband, so we'll never know what kind of end she would have written instead.
Ultimately, Tshembe's motives for revolution and self-awareness bring him to slaughtering his own blood.
I shall review the first since it's what I read as a part of the PopSugar Challenge
25. A book about a family
"TSHEMBE: You'd approve of Okele, Eric. He got two girls in a fix: one European and one black American. And he sent them both to an East Indian abortionist. (He laughs and sets back). "
A common point to focus on when discussing Les Blancs is Hansberry's visceral reply to Jean Genet's Les Noires. In her problematic portrayal of Catholicism through Abioseh's vocation to the priesthood, formulated in terms of acceptance of the Supreme morality of humankind, and the supposed exaltation of Tshembe's ways there seems to be more than meets the eye. It is sadly a posthumous play finished by her late husband, so we'll never know what kind of end she would have written instead.
Ultimately, Tshembe's motives for revolution and self-awareness bring him to slaughtering his own blood.