Yale Daily News

Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 11:46 a.m.

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‘Dupree’ probes serious matters

Contributing Reporter
Published Friday, October 10, 2008

From unsavvy Israeli immigrants to domineering black women to dutiful WASP husbands — such easily parodied stereotypes would seem to make for an exciting opportunity to be entertained for an evening, but the Heritage Theater Ensemble’s production of “Diva Daughters Dupree” is mereley satisfying. Although the play has no reservations in humoring racial stereotypes, its complex racial themes are not well supported by the simplicity of the play’s setting and production.

Directed by JuLondre Brown ’10, “Diva Daughters Dupree” explores interracial dating, family dynamics and class...

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