The Thanksgiving Play, a milestone for Native American theatre, misses the mark in Canadian premiere

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The Thanksgiving Play, a milestone for Native American theatre, misses the mark in Canadian premiere
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Landing in Toronto the week of Truth and Reconciliation Day, The Thanksgiving Play feels like an opportunity for Canadians to pat themselves on the back rather than confront our own dangerous myths

comes across as a turkey in its Canadian premiere, a Pop-Up Theatre Canada production at the CAA Theatre that’s part of the off-Mirvish season.

In an American town that we only know is not Los Angeles, educational theatre-maker Logan has been hired to devise a show for children to be presented around American Thanksgiving as part of Native American Heritage Month. The conundrum: How are these four white people going to create a play getting to the truth behind the whitewashing Thanksgiving myths about Pilgrims and peaceful feasting without falling into redface? The answer is by tangling themselves up in knots of pseudo-woke language.LOGAN: Right.

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