August Wilson is African-American
playwright that wrote many plays about the life of the African-Americans over
the centuries. His impact in the theater was incredible, for the first time
someone decided to write a play about how African-American were considered and
treated over the years. His goal was to not forget, and not let anyone forget,
how African-American had to fight for their rights. The legacy that he left
behind is still visible for us, the approach that now actors have of theater,
especially African-American, is different from how was in the past, now they
are interested in what they are acting, and how plays can really influence
their own real life. August Wilson showed to the audience something that they
never saw before, he showed them how African-American lives were in the past,
he showed the American public how racism was, and sometimes still, a problem in
the United States, how African-American did not have the possibility of be
themselves because someone with a different race and more power would not let
them. The message that he narrated in his play is continuous over the full
cycle of plays, but to understand it we don’t need to see all of them, the
message is clever in each one of them. A different kind of legacy that he left behind is visible in how much different cities are interested is remember his
importance giving to different building his name and making sure that those are
kept in good conditions. The Virginia’s Theater decided to change its name in
August Wilson Theater to honor the playwright; the August Wilson Center for
the Pittsburgh City School was trying to find a way to save the
building that have his name to make it a place that really represent the
importance that he had on the present life.
Your blog tells that how August Wilson helped the condition of African-Americans, which makes us know better that why he is so important to his community.
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