E. Patrick Johnson is Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University and the author of
Ramón H. Rivera-Servera is Associate Professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University and the author of
E. Patrick Johnson is Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University and the author of
Ramón H. Rivera-Servera is Associate Professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University and the author of
Part IX
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Published:June 2016
In this chapter, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes examines Charles Rice-González’s I Just Love Andy Gibb: A Play in One Act. He frames this engagement by asserting, following Marlon Riggs, that “black men loving men is the revolutionary act.” Reading selected scenes from I Just Love Andy Gibb, La Fountain-Stokes characterizes the play as a “therapeutic dream play,” in which black gay men can learn to love themselves and each other and to heal from internalized racism.
In this chapter, Ramón H. Rivera-Servera interviews I Just Love Andy Gibb: A Play in One Act creator Charles Rice-González. In the first part of the interview, Rice-González discusses his own politics of art production as a black queer Puerto Rican writer and further explains his investments in I Just Love Andy Gibb. In addition to this, Rice-González also meditates on the politics of visibility and invisibility within African American and Latino communities.
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