{"product_id":"9781559366663","title":"The Shipment \/ LEAR","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A subversive, seriously funny new theater piece by the adventurous playwright Young Jean Lee. . . . Ms. Lee does not shy away from prodding the audience’s racial sensitivities—or insensitivities—in a style that is sometimes sly and subtle, sometimes as blunt as a poke in the eye.”—Charles Isherwood, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lee is a facetious provocateur; she does whatever she can to get under our skins—with laughs and with raw, brutal talk . . . [and with] so ingenious a twist, such a radical bit of theatrical smoke and mirrors, that we are forced to confront our own preconceived notions of race.”—Hilton Als, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Shipment\u003c\/i\u003e, her latest work taking on identity politics, Young Jean Lee “confirms herself as one of the best experimental playwrights in America” (\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e). The Korean American theater artist has taken on cultural images of black America, in a play that begins with sketches of African American clichés—an angry, foul-mouthed comedian; an aspiring young rapper who ends up in prison—and ends with a seemingly naturalistic parlor comedy, which slyly reveals the larger game Lee is playing, leaving us to consider the many ways that we see the world through a racial lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYoung Jean Lee\u003c\/b\u003e is a playwright, director, and artistic director of her own OBIE Award-winning theater company, which as been producing her plays since 2003. Her other works include \u003ci\u003eSongs of Dragons Flying to Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChurch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePullman, WA\u003c\/i\u003e, and they have been produced across the country and internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179668259056,"sku":"9781559366663","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781559366663_p0.jpg?v=1763755835","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781559366663","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}