Immediate Response

Immediate responses:
After reading All the Way for the first time I immediately recognized its historical importance, even if it wasn’t in the light I, personally, would have liked it in. I couldn’t help myself but notice the racism, which I think I was actively looking for. One of the subplots focuses on MLK and his quest to get a Voting Rights Act, or in other words LBJ’s decisive handling of the african american population and his party. In the play, this game called politics, there are a number of key players, and background players (people that no one will ever know or remember the names of) and yet they managed to change the United States. After reading, I was in sort of a shock and disbelief. Over all mostly what I noticed it that LBJ
When I think about my two moments of TEAM I feel cold. Not freezing cold, but the type of cold that if you are wearing a full suit with and under shirt you are comfortable. Since, there are a lot of characters roaming about throughout the play I want to highlight the most important characters somehow either with lighting, makeup, or how they carry themselves. I want the theater to have hint of freshly lit cigar, and expensive
Even though the play is pretty mild as far as age appropriateness goes younger or immature student wouldn’t be able to grasp the complexities of the protagonist, nor would they be interested enough to watch the entire play. I asked my history teacher if she thought that some of her students would sit through All the Way , because she has seen it before and she said only her advanced students because they could look past the social differences that aren’t necessarily acceptable nowadays. I remember in the 6th grade I went to see Madame Butterfly with my class, and I understood most of the themes but most of my classmates either didn’t pay attention or were too angry to see the art behind the plot. Even for myself the first time J. Edgar Hoover referred to MLK Jr as a n***** (can I put this?). I was admittedly offended until I had to remind myself that in this time period referring to african americans out their names were common, accepted, and sometimes encouraged. During this time, we, African Americans, we still sitting in the back of the bus, using separate restrooms, schools, and entrances. I know that it angered people, but I assume they were used to it because that how it has always been. I can relate to this because I find it normal when someone judges someone by the color of their skin. This doesn’t mean it’s right, but it is not surprising. But to me what was surprising was