Reflection on the play The Colored Museum By George C. Wolfe

Goldie Barajas

English 1B

4/12/11

Reflection on the play The Colored Museum

By George C. Wolfe

            I must say I thought of this peace of writing as a magnificent peace of art. When at first my English 1B Professor Lennon, announced we would be reading the play The Colored Museum, I right away expected the usual format of a play to appear (Intro, plot, conclusion, antagonist, protagonist etc.) but I was astonished and surprised when the play turned out to be exhibits describing the complexity of African American culture.  I must say I loved the play! The usage of satire, irony, is excellently structured in this peace. It was a challenge to understand the meaning behind just words, but I enjoyed the challenge. If I could give the Novel Prize to George C. Wolfe for best literally work, I would. His work is a reminder to society, including myself, of the complexity African Americans have within trying to claim their identity. It is also a universal reminder that one must “.. break out of the… egg and start to live.”