Sometimes a play comes along that is just stunning.
Harrison David Rivers wrote This Bitter Earth in 2017 and it's just as vital now as it was back then; Black people being shot down on the streets of America, racism, white saviours, Trump, homophobia, dating, moving in, meeting the parents, self-love, self-hating. And it's funny. Very funny.
Directed wonderfully by Billy Porter, the play sees Jesse (the magnificent Omari Douglas), an introspective Black playwright, finding his choices challenged when his boyfriend, Neil (the goregous Alexander Lincoln), a white Black Lives Matter activist, calls him out for his political apathy.
And yet the issues they have; race, class and the bravery it takes them to love out loud are never preached. It's just beautifully portrayed.
Theirs is a deep love challenged by divisive political realities. It's passions vs priorities. The two leads are fantastic. Both award-worthy performances.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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