What is this play about?
Considering the essay “The ‘Pet Negro’ System” alongside the play “Color Struck,” what do we think Hurston might say about the relationship between jealousy and love?
Why does John “got to go in” and “walk the cake”?
What exactly is there between John and Effie?
Picking Up from Jess’s end-of-class comments:
What is Hurston satirizing in “The ‘Pet Negro’ System”? Where, if at all, does that satire (d)evolve into something else?
What’s love [joy, celebration, pleasure, enjoyment] have to do with it?
How do friendships [relationships, romances, and other connections] blur binaries and fixed scripts?
What is the relationship between these blurrings and liminality?
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