Blackta

So i came back from watching blackta at the Young Vic OMG! I couldn’t get any blinder our whole term is on political theatre and there i was about to watch a show about young, middle aged and old black male actors about trying to make it in the industry....CRYSTAL HELLO how much more political could you get? The judgement of the colour of your skin and how far you get in to the industry is mad. anyway the director referred to the acting industry or auditions as "the things “and names of the men was after the colour of their skin, black,brown,yellow,black old and black young. this is a i feel ties into the brecthian theatre his way of using this type of way to distant the audience from the characters to make the issue more known. Having knowing what political theatre was about and the brethren way of directing i would have been confused. but this show really highlighted what it was it is to be a black male in a western society and the way you look is the judgment of your life for this career choice this even made me think wow because throughout the show they had parts where they would go upstairs to a room and perform stupid meaning less things to a invisible panel. The panel would then choose green red or amber green meaning a pass red meaning no and amber meaning maybe. To me this is representing when actors in general go to auditions perform and get the job or not get the jobs or a call back. After a while it took its toll on the actors you then see an old black never getting seen but i feel the issue was shown clearly although they never said we are actors or we are going for an auditions. I feel the ties in well with the political theme and brecthian theatre ... everyone should go watch it. :)