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Charise Bailey
David Wygant
Theater
March 10th 2023
Pikes Peak
Honky
There was a lot to unpack with this live play just by seeing the name I wasn’t really sure
what I was going to be viewing but I felt like I had some underlying emotions of what this play
may be about also, there was a lot of humor right of the bat I mean these things really do happen
to African Americans which is why I can understand the feeling as well as the fear of feeling like
even though you are of a different ethnicity that you feel like your under looked. The humor was
basically in your face and not necessarily slapstick but more aggressive and in your face about
what everyday hardships that African Americans face in daily life, but then there are a lot of
serious things such as in the beginning of the play there was mention of “black people don’t get
anxiety” which is something in the black community is an issue that is deeply challenging when
it comes to mental health it’s a stigma that me being black myself I am not supposed to
experience or have any sort of mental health issues. This topic has always been on the forefront
with in the community of African American community, it’s almost not like a non existent factor
but this also a problem so many African American community have so much mental health
problems and a lot of other just look the other way.even though the audience laughed at the part
there is still some mental anguish I’ve seen and heard individuals of color have challenges within
their community, getting back to the play the brother and sister seem to have their ups and downs
as well, it seems that the sister is trying to just get on with her job but she is also a black woman
