The actor is reimagining our relationship to race and blackness onstage and onscreen.
February 27, 2020 10:00 am
Ato Blankson-Wood met up with us in Brooklyn, a few weeks following his final bow as Gary, a plantation overseer to his boyfriend Dustin’s indentured servant. After taking space away from the emotionally and physically demanding role, the actor reflected on his participation in one of the most controversial pieces of theater to be performed on Broadway, learning to take up space, and what’s next for his film and television career.
This play has reached people outside of academia, outside of theater, outside of New York, and it makes some bold and true statements about black people and black stories being inexplicably linked to historical oppression. Did having this role molded after you put any pressure on you and your personal life?
Watching this play is akin to the experience of being interpellated, to borrow from Althusser and Fanon. You almost feel as if you are being called upon or called to. It’s interesting that the early criticism then came from other black folks. I think the white people I know who’ve seen the play would be nervous to openly dismiss aspects of this play, even though there have, of course, beenThat feels like it’s really in line with the mission of the play.
It’s layered. Also, it helped me to work backwards and think, Okay, if what he needs is to be the dom in this play, then it let me know what the dynamic of their relationship actually is. If he’s not feeling that, then Dustin is probably not creating that space. And that’s completely evidenced in Act II, where Dustin is sort of just running rampant.
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