“Great art is always speaking to the time it’s in,” David Oyelowo tells Et. The actor, previously seen in Selma and HBO’s Nightingale, is currently starring opposite Daniel Craig in New York Theater Workshop’s sold out, limited engagement of Othello. In the wake of the presidential election, #OscarsSoWhite controversy and the Black Lives Matter movement, William Shakespeare’s play feels as relevant as ever -- especially considering it was written over 400 years ago.
“No writer has so beautifully and consistently and in such a complex way understood the human experience like Shakespeare. Othello is hitting people square between the eyes,” the actor says. The play’s core theme of racial prejudice is magnified by the “political climate we are in, the gender climate we are in, the relational climate we are in.”
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“No writer has so beautifully and consistently and in such a complex way understood the human experience like Shakespeare. Othello is hitting people square between the eyes,” the actor says. The play’s core theme of racial prejudice is magnified by the “political climate we are in, the gender climate we are in, the relational climate we are in.”
More: How David Oyelowo Is Challenging Himself and the Status Quo
In the play directed by Sam Gold, Oyelowo plays the...
- 12/2/2016
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