We’re Here: ‘The Color Purple’ and the Power of Black Music
How songs in the key of life have been integral to our survival.
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6 min readJan 1, 2024
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it too many times to count: I’m not really into musicals. As with everything, there are exceptions (The Sound of Music, Chicago, Evita), but in general, when characters suddenly burst into song, it not only interrupts the…