Thursday, April 30, 2015

August Wilson Legacy



August Wilson carriers a great legacy in his life time production of plays. August Wilson has a great legacy because he was one of the first African Americans to write plays for black people and still to this day his wife carries on his legacy. Wilson's plays are all about how African American's struggled back in the 20th Century how Africans struggled with adversary. He wanted to change the views hoe African Americans were being seen.  All the plays that August Wilson created opened spots for African Americans to be in his productions he wrote. August Wilson created a lot of shows but he was famous for Fences “which takes place in the 1950’s and 1960’s, is what Author Miller referred to in 1947 as “‘The Tragedy of the Common Man.’”(Sheteir)


August Wilson legacy reveals his influence he had on African Americans back in the 20th century. In the Article it said “When Wilson started writing the cycle in 1979 (to remind us), you could count the number of mainstream African- American play writers on one hand.”(Sheteir) Also Wilson showed power to African Americans because without him taking the time to write plays for African Americans some people probably wouldn’t even have jobs. All in all you can say August Wilsons plays were very well thought out and very creative for African- Americans. “But Wilsons example led the way by setting the bar high for other African-American play writes. (And yet as Wilson would be the first to say, the American theater, particularly outside of New York, remains overwhelmingly white.)” (Sheteir)

1 comment:

  1. Strong examples of Wilson's impact on black playwrights and society today, solidified your case of him having an influential legacy. You did a good job in providing evidence from readings about August Wilson, but you should elaborate on the evidence so the reader has a better understanding of your message.Wilson did introduce power to the African-American society through furthering opportunity in plays, but how did he introduce the relationship with language through his work?

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