June 20, 2023

“O’Casey never fools you about the Irish, you see…the Irish drunkard, the Irish braggart, the Irish liar…and the genuine heroism which must naturally emerge when you tell the truth about people. This, to me, is the height of artistic perception and is the most rewarding kind of thing that can happen in drama, because when you believe people so completely–because everybody has their drunkards and their braggarts and their cowards, you know–then you also believe them in their moments of heroic assertion: you don’t doubt them.”

Lorraine Hansberry, To Be Young, Gifted, and Black

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