Can we relate colorism, as described in the intro to Color Struck, to the Irish in America – the way they were able to access whiteness. Is colorism an attempt by Black Americans to do the same, to find some better foothold in the ascribed hierarchy, or is there something else that drove it?
What significance do the the final few stage directions in Color Struck have, the monotony of the rocker and the extinguishing of the light?
This question may be more tangential and less directly thematically related, but thinking about Synge and Hurston, what does it mean for drama to be used as a medium of preservation? By nature, drama is meant to be exaggerated and performative. Does or should that change how we see what is presented or is it different in the case of each writer or dramatist?