In the show, usher hasn't given up any of these forces yet. He's still navigating calls from his parents who are wondering if he's still gay and if he's making any money. In case you were wondering, michael himself actually loves the work of white girl singer song writers like liz fair. And that just hit me very hard, because a lot of people in the black community for whom ach o the ades has been a death sentence.
This week we speak with Michael R. Jackson, playwright of A Strange Loop, which just won the Tony award for Best Musical and Best Book. Jackson is a queer, black writer whose musical is about a queer, black writer writing a musical about a queer, black writer.. Hence the strange, but incredibly entertaining loop. Then, we learn about the dark side of Copenhagen's world-famous fine dining restaurant scene from Imogen West-Knights. Denmark seems to be turning a blind eye to abuses in its hottest – and extremely lucrative – hospitality industry.
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Links and mentions from the episode:
– Imogen’s article ‘Fine dining faces its dark truths in Copenhagen’: https://on.ft.com/3NlO6Mq .
– Lilah’s article ‘How far does a chef have to go to be truly good?’: https://www.ft.com/content/246cdc2a-f135-4d3d-9d74-e524e9217699.
– Michael’s musical A Strange Loop is on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre.
– Imogen is on Twitter @ImogenWK, and Michael is @TheLivingMJ.
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Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.
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