Moving, fierce, and laugh-out-very-loud funny, Marcus Gardley’s show ‘black odyssey’ takes Homer’s “The Odyssey,” and recasts it around Black history, pain, joy, resistance, love, and power.
, eventually leading to the arrival of Harriett D. Foy’s Aunt Tee. We all need an Aunt Tee in our lives. Frankly, the world would best be run by Aunt Tee, a commanding diva, fiercely protective, free in her judgments, and passionate in her loyalty and love—and she wears the hell out of a pair of white boots. “God knows you could use a hot bath, hot comb, and a hot oil treatment. You done gave up on yourself, haven’t you?” she tells Nella when she turns up at her Harlem home to take charge.
The story, just like time in the play, lurches merrily backwards and forwards, and you may feel a little confused at moments as the show goes on; characters and storylines from Homer’s original are repurposed or jettisoned altogether. The outrageous characters inevitably have way more fun than Ulysses and the long-suffering Nella.
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