I don't know if it's because I'm 19 and white (which means I normally love and absorb anything produced by the African American culture i.e, Hip Hop, clothing style). But I thought, Wilson's Fences was great. I like the play in terms of its larger structural aspects (I love the large jumps; the play spans almost 8 years, with 6 month gap at one point). But, and this is unusual, I like the small artistic stuff in this play: the fence, the refrigerator (a symbol of food, family, growth, et cetera). Troy's character is great, and easily accessible and visible, because he is more a man of the 50s (than he is specifically a black male during the 50s). Bono’s character is alright; he is a useful device for advancing plot (that he pushes the affair with Alberta). But other than those two things, I don’t know. The ending is great, and I think the (other than the specific mention of the football/African American problem) only outrightly African-American (and even African) aspect of this play. Gabe’s character is great, and his imprisonment and tenure in the hospital are great sub-symbols in the play, as they relate to the fence. I do not understand --well --why the fence is ultimately completed. To me, in the play the fence represents closure and security, the both of which certainly do not denote the, for lack of a better word, chaos that happens when Troy dies. Maxson is also another question I had. Does it mean anything?
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