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The Thanksgiving Play / What Would Crazy Horse Do? by Larissa Fasthorse
1 review
jaredolin's review
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
5.0
September 12, 2021: Finished "What Would Crazy Horse Do?" I read it for a staged reading at a theatre company, and found the concept to be so well-thought-out. It's very frustrating to accept the affiliation of some characters, but it lends to the tension-filled scenes. What a wild journey it is that goes on here.
November 22, 2021: Finished "The Thanksgiving Play" This one I read on my own accord, and found the concept here to be equally as well-planned! I would hate to see 4 non-Indigenous people play these characters, so I'm glad that there is a casting note to consider people of color for the roles. Thanksgiving is such a frustrating thing because it suggests to celebrate the colonization and forced taking of our land, resources, and people. It's very difficult to change largely adopted pieces of pop culture, but I think this play is a strong step towards that direction. It brings up these topics and many other micro-aggressions that may go unnoticed if you haven't been on the other side of them, but this piece works to shine a light on a number of important Native American struggles. By no means is this everything that we go through, so if this is your introduction to Native American literature, then I urge you to keep going and read more from Indigenous authors. This written work, as well as the rest of Larissa Fasthorse's catalog, is a perfect place to start learning about the Native American experience.
November 22, 2021: Finished "The Thanksgiving Play" This one I read on my own accord, and found the concept here to be equally as well-planned! I would hate to see 4 non-Indigenous people play these characters, so I'm glad that there is a casting note to consider people of color for the roles. Thanksgiving is such a frustrating thing because it suggests to celebrate the colonization and forced taking of our land, resources, and people. It's very difficult to change largely adopted pieces of pop culture, but I think this play is a strong step towards that direction. It brings up these topics and many other micro-aggressions that may go unnoticed if you haven't been on the other side of them, but this piece works to shine a light on a number of important Native American struggles. By no means is this everything that we go through, so if this is your introduction to Native American literature, then I urge you to keep going and read more from Indigenous authors. This written work, as well as the rest of Larissa Fasthorse's catalog, is a perfect place to start learning about the Native American experience.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime and Racism
Moderate: Colonisation
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