Topdog/Underdog
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Topdog/Underdog

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Suzan-Lori Parks
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The Abraham Lincoln Costume

The Abraham Lincoln costume that Lincoln wears for his job at the arcade comes to stand for the ways in which Lincoln is forced to live with the difficulties of being a black man trying…

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