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Of course, I am an easy target. It doesn’t enhance your credibility as a reviewer to take potshots at my past accomplishments on The Love Boat. Come on Nick, even you think you’re better than that.
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But let’s deal with what the public really wants to know . . . is Four Queens a good play? Is it worth venturing to the Onyx Theatre? Here’s where you really fall down. You call the writing bland, predictable, and superficial. Be specific Nick; how is it bland? What could you predict? Why did you think it was superficial?
In other words, be a critic instead of a dilettante.
Yes, the play is two and a half hours long. I have been told to cut it on several occasions. The suggestion has always come from white males who want to put me in my place. I always ask black folks if they think the play is too long. The answer is always the same, always unanimous, “Hell no, brother, I had a good time.”
