Comparison Of Suzan-Lori Parks Topdog And Underdog

Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog story which journals the adults lives of two African-American brothers named Lincoln and Booth, where both have to create different identities in order for them to become successful and live the American dream. With the two brothers choosing different path and taking on someone's identity in order to be successful, still find themselves trapped in a cycle of poverty and familial angst. In an interview with Charlie Rose, Park claimed that Topdog/Underdog was just a play between two men and also claimed the play is about giving two African-American men the opportunity of getting together and working together on stage. Still, it is difficult to believe that a play in which a character named Booth shoots and kills