![]() Dutchman had been praised and refused at the same time. As differently these two audiences may read the play as differently are their interpretations, criticism and attitudes toward the play. For the black people, precisely for the black non-reading audiences of the lower classes, it was the first time to be confronted with theatre. The Negro is not presented as a primitive African savage 8 anymore. ![]() ![]() For both, it was something new: The white audience was confronted with a new type of black man because up to now they had just known the nigger minstrel who was harmless and acceptable to them because he was de-sexed, trapped in a role which combined self-mockery with an endearing musicality 7. Initially, it played to primarily white audiences until Baraka moved it to the black audiences of Harlem 6. Dutchman was performed for a dual audience. Although the play was generally well received 4, it provoked critical controversy amongst its audience as well 5.
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