{"product_id":"mississippi-goddamn-paperback-1","title":"Mississippi Goddamn - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Norton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Some shows have warnings for strobe lights. Some have them for loud gunshots. Some for smoke.\u003cbr\u003e MISSISSIPPI GODDAMN, a new play by Jonathan Norton should have one for intensity.\u003cbr\u003e Granted, anyone attending a play about civil rights pioneer Medgar Evers set in 1963 Jackson, Mississippi, should expect some strife. Blood in the battle for racial equality is no surprise, but friendly fire is. Playwright Norton sets expectations on edge by focusing on the fight from the living room of the black neighbors next door to the Evers' home. ...playwright Norton's novel take in an unflinching pressure cooker....\u003cbr\u003e Considering the intensity, can you handle it?\u003cbr\u003e Considering the history, how can you not?\u003cbr\u003e Playwright Norton takes this historical kernel and creates a world in which only [an] adolescent youth pursues [an] idealistic aim and she does it with reckless abandon. Everyone else has the more measured concerns that come with growing up and growing comfortable: family, job and property. Their position tempers their pursuit of racial equality, so much so that the people he is championing perceive Evers as a threat. On this score, the play transcends race and asks,  At what cost, comfort?'\u003cbr\u003e To that end, playwright Norton turns the comfortable environ against itself. With people driving by and knocks on the door, front and back, the middle class palace becomes a prison....\u003cbr\u003e In a risky playwriting move, Norton moves the action four years back in time. As confusing as it is, some of the mystery of the first act is preserved by reserving the backstory 'till the second. Patterns emerge but by inverting the sequence, it comes off as discovery instead of predictability. Call it  The Prequel Effect'.... The tension mounts terrifyingly. There's even some visceral combat....\u003cbr\u003e There are some changes, though. The Evers, Medgar and Myrlie, who we heard so much about in the first act, make their first appearance in the second.... The other great change is that Robbie is young and impressionable. As thrilling as the events of the second act are, a close second is watching the effect they have in forming her attitudes. It becomes its own play.\u003cbr\u003e This historical thriller is an ensemble achievement of the first order with long sequences building tension in both acts, but without its emotional base it would be a roller coaster ride that was fun for as long as you rode it and nothing more.\u003cbr\u003e Be among the first to see it, because it's going places.\u003cbr\u003e Just don't say I didn't warn you.\"\u003cbr\u003e David Novinski, TheaterJones\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48330049913081,"sku":"9780881457728","price":22.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/yzmbHLjznJ9780881457728_d0f41ab0-27fd-4776-a79c-0873d074765b.webp?v=1777366812","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mississippi-goddamn-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}