John Fisher explores anthropology for Theatre Rhino
"It's almost like a children's story, this happy little fable," said John Fisher, who has written a play that extrapolates on more recent studies debunking the myth of Ishi and his patron, the noted anthropologist Alfred Kroeber, whose work with Ishi beginning in 1911 has given him his most lasting fame.
"Kroeber was very ambitious, and really was the first great American anthropologist," Fisher said. "But there's a dark side to his history, the way he exploited Ishi, and that's one of the things the play goes into."
WHAT A PIECE OF CRAP...I WOULD LOVE TO MEET WHOM EVER WROTE THIS AND HAVE A LITTLE TALK ABOUT FACT AND TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK ON A SHITTY PLAY THAT HAS NOTHING WITH THE REAL STORE...HE IS TRYING TO ADD DRAMA TO SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT NEED IT,AND ALSO TRYING TO MAKE IT A HATE STORY.YOUR SAD,I THINK HE SHOULD BE SUED FOR SLANDER.IF THE WRITER IS SEEING THIS YOU CAN WRITE TO ME AT TGW1941@GMAIL.COM
ReplyDeleteFROM THOMAS WATERMAN (IF HE READS THE BOOK HE WILL KNOW WHO I AM.)