Gloria Naylor on the American dream and Nella Larsen's "Passing" | American Masters | PBS
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On June 28th, 2000, novelist Gloria Naylor spoke about the illusion of the American dream and the role it plays in Nella Larsen's "Passing," about two Black women who pass as white, one of whom lives as a white woman. She discussed the motivations behind the characters of the critically acclaimed novel in this extended outtake from the American Masters Digital Archive. Interview originally conducted by Michael Epstein, director of American Masters: Novel Reflections on The American Dream (2007).
Chapters:
00:00 The illusion of the American dream
02:46 Nella Larsen's book, "Passing," and what passing as white means in America
04:12 The symbolism of the heat in the book
05:22 When Clare Kendry and Irene Redfield first meet
06:46 Clare's racist husband, John Bellew
08:32 Is Clare psychologically free or tormented?
09:46 Parallels to "The Great Gatsby"
11:53 When Clare's husband finds out she's Black
13:29 The ambiguity surrounding Clare's death
14:38 The lasting impact of "Passing"
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Miss her so much.
The wonderful Gloria Naylor! Thank you for your beautiful literary work. I finished "The Women of Brewster Place." last year. So thought provoking, so engaging. I will definitely be reading more of her work. Truly gifted visionary and a truly gifted writer! 🙌🏽
1996 by Gloria Naylor is an interesting semi autobiographical work worthy of being made into a film. Would that film be like A Beautiful Mind or Orwells 1984?
@jasonhuntchicago
2 жыл бұрын
NSA and CIA running around being evil. I doubt that will be a box office smash
@bbchurch7978
6 ай бұрын
I doubt it would ever be made into a film, as there’s no way to adequately address the latent antisemitism that was exposed in this episode of her life. It’s a shame, because I think that’s one of the most interesting parts of 1996. According to the book, she only came in contact with one of her harassers, the cat lady across the street. In real life, the woman who would’ve lived in that house, who had both cats and dogs (and who was not “unmarried and childless,” a phrase Naylor uses throughout the book), had Anglo/English surnames. Following that divergence from reality, we get the neighbor’s Nazi-fetishizing NSA brother and eventually a fleet of driveby ADL harassers that Naylor identifies as Jewish only by glancing at their faces. An interesting adaptation/biopic could possibly be made in the vein of Ava DuVernay’s ORIGIN, where the text of the book is examined against modern, third-party research of the author’s life, but I think a postmortem dissection of Naylor’s life would be antithetical to 1996’s message regarding privacy and the sanctity of one’s unexpressed thoughts.
@JP-kp9kh
5 ай бұрын
I hope and do believe that 1996 will be made into a movie. 1996 is a pretty accurate rendition of what it means to be a “targeted individual” in the west. Our capitalist democracies have very modern means to deal with dissent and subversives. Free speech is tolerated as long as acceptable boundaries are not exceeded. Potentially subversive voices are nipped in the bud. Microwave or touchless weaponry are part of this control matrix.
I would love to have a discussion with this woman …also what took from the book is that there were only 2 ways Clare died: she jumped or was pushed, there was no accident
may your soul rest in Peace, I have great respect for you, it's shameful when your Government is the one responsible for covert torture and harassment, but what goes around comes around and these cowards hiding behind National Security will pay for doing this to so many people and destroying families
So very true I thoroughly enjoyed this and the take away if you are willing to whiten the inside of your head then you can pass hints’ Candace Owens.
What was the reason for his emphasis on Gatsby?!