{"product_id":"the-thanksgiving-play-what-would-crazy-horse-do-paperback","title":"The Thanksgiving Play \/ What Would Crazy Horse Do? - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLarissa Fasthorse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Thanksgiving Play\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Satire doesn't get much richer... A takedown of white American mythology... The familiar, whitewashed story of Pilgrims and Native Americans chowing down together gets a delicious roasting.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003eJesse Green, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Wryly funny... Deftly makes points that need making about representation and, to borrow a line from \u003cem\u003eHamilton\u003c\/em\u003e, the crucial matter of 'who tells your story.'\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003eDon Aucoin, \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA group of well-intentioned white teaching artists scramble to create an ambitious \"woke\" Thanksgiving pageant. Despite their eager efforts to put on the most culturally sensitive show possible, it quickly becomes clear that even those with good intentions can be undone by their own blind spots.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Would Crazy Horse Do?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A nuanced portrait of reservation life... A scalding cauldron of race and resentment, poverty, and mental illness.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003eRobert W. Butler, \u003cem\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A timely meditation on the dangers of nationalism tinged with a sad irony as seen through the filter of a Native American lens.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003eAlan Portner, \u003cem\u003eBroadway World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwins Calvin and Journey, the last two members of the Marahotah tribe, make a suicide pact to end the Marahotah when the grandfather who raised them dies. Then two white strangers knock on their door and the insular world of the twins is ripped wide open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLarissa FastHorse\u003c\/strong\u003e (Sicangu Lakota Nation) is a writer\/choreographer, and co-founder of Indigenous Direction, the nation's leading consulting company for Indigenous arts and audiences, which recently produced the first land acknowledgment on national television for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC. Larissa is the first Native American playwright in the history of American theater to have a play on the top ten most-produced list, with \u003cem\u003eThe Thanksgiving Play\u003c\/em\u003e. Larissa is the recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur \"Genius\" Fellowship. She is working on film and television projects with Disney, NBC, and DreamWorks. She lives in Santa Monica with her husband, the sculptor Edd Hogan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.43 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891810922598,"sku":"9781559369619","price":25.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Mm5qaWlLK2hIS0ZDL1BxRHYwaEZpUT09.webp?v=1772895919","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-thanksgiving-play-what-would-crazy-horse-do-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}