lit crit for sweat

Sharon Pullock

Theatre is a place where we can confront our history, and our present, and perhaps change our future

George Orwell Wigan Pier 1937

The mass of the people are in effect slaves, kept permanently poor and overworked

Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys

They’re worried you’re gonna figure out that the American dream is just that- a dream

Victor Hugo Les Miserables

The cries of the starving are not always heard by the rich

George Orwell Animal farm

All animals are equal, but some animals more than others

Homi K. Bhabha, The Location of Culture

The ‘Other’ is the object of ambivalent desire and fear