Beyond that point, agreement was far harder to come by, starting with exactly how the statute should come down. Many of its creators, after all, were students at the University of Cape Town when the events described here occurred. Yet “The Fall” is not so much a protest play, intended to rouse the socially dormant into action, as it is a play about a protest, And that distinction is what it gives this docudrama its arresting complexity. People being people, no two are entirely similar or even entirely compatible. She worries that “some of us are losing our humanity one protest at a time.”Then the singing begins once more.

Source: New York Times March 12, 2018 16:07 UTC