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A black playwright’s pale imitation in ‘How to Be a White Man’

[...] Luna Malbroux’s “How to Be a White Man” isn’t about the lesson its title promises. [...] past experience has taught the comedian, performer, writer and activist that audiences might gravitate toward literal interpretations. Last year, she created the app EquiTable, which divides group bills like restaurant checks based on how much different demographics earn on the white male dollar. “Through my experience with EquiTable, I’ve learned that a lot of people don’t get satire,” the 31-year-old queer, black woman says on a recent afternoon at PianoFight, where the FaultLine Theater production of “How to Be a White Man” runs through July 1. In writing this play with fellow playwright Jennifer Lewis, she worried that some audiences, especially black ones, might see the title “and think that this play is about assimilation or striving to the goal of being a white man.” Did you know you’re an expert?

 

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