Review in the Washington Post Critiques the Saartjie Project, and My Piece in Particular
So, today, I learned of a review that was written yesterday in the Washington Post by Post writer Nelson Pressley about the Saartjie Project show "Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty" that we performed this past Wednesday. First off, let me tell you, the Wed show was incredible! The energy we felt back stage and onstage was amazing. I think we were a lot more well-rested than we were on Friday's show of last week which began at 11pm and didn't end until almost 1 am in the morning. Wed's show was fluid and the packed audience seemed to really enjoy us. The review is a favorable one in which it encourages folks to come out and positively highlights some of our favorite pieces-- Binahkaye Joy's solo piece "Bare" which is based on her work as a nude model and Farah Lawal's monologue "Exotic Beauty". Some of his negative criticisms rested heavily on the piece I penned, "Changing Muse" which depicts the four sterotypical images for...