“I had a time when I was reading it and trying to decipher it. I feel like she poses more questions than answers. And I feel like a major question she poses is: Can we change? Is change possible or are we dictated by the past ... ? I don't think that she really is trying to make a statement, either black or white. For a white audience, what they'll get out of it is a relationship at a moment in time between two brothers. I think you could change the characters out … and you could put it in Appalachia, so the English falls differently on your ear than it does when you live in Johnson County. All the central issues are the same.”
| A quote from actor Cedric Hayman, who plays the role of Booth in a production of Suzan-Lori Parks' "Topdog/Underdog," in Robert Trussell's registration-required Kansas City Star article "'Topdog/ Underdog' writer teaches actors new tricks"
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