John McWhorter & Clifton Duncan – Ideology is Killing American Theater

<p>PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349" target="_blank">https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRw_n4vxZB8&#38;t=0s" target="_blank">0:00</a> A message from Glenn</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRw_n4vxZB8&#38;t=240s" target="_blank">4:00</a> Why Clifton is planning a one-man show about Thomas Sowell</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRw_n4vxZB8&#38;t=582s" target="_blank">9:42</a> The challenge of portraying Sowell onstage</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRw_n4vxZB8&#38;t=825s" target="_blank">13:45</a> How Clifton is getting the show off the ground</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRw_n4vxZB8&#38;t=1141s" target="_blank">19:01</a> The lure of acting</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRw_n4vxZB8&#38;t=1363s" target="_blank">22:43</a> 2020’s affect on the racial dynamics of the theater</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRw_n4vxZB8&#38;t=1840s" target="_blank">30:40</a> Clifton: Top-down DEI casting edicts are “central planning for art”</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRw_n4vxZB8&#38;t=2425s" target="_blank">40:25</a> The racial attitude that’s “destroying black artists,” according to Viola Davis</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRw_n4vxZB8&#38;t=2847s" target="_blank">47:27</a> Why Clifton changed his position about COVID pandemic measures</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRw_n4vxZB8&#38;t=3869s" target="_blank">1:04:29</a> The left’s valuation of vulnerability</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRw_n4vxZB8&#38;t=4461s" target="_blank">1:14:21</a> Why Clifton’s career fell apart after 2020</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRw_n4vxZB8&#38;t=5096s" target="_blank">1:24:56</a> If progressives like the COVID vaccines, why don’t they give Trump any credit?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRw_n4vxZB8&#38;t=5345s" target="_blank">1:29:05</a> The problem of the black independent thinker</p><p>Recorded April 13, 2024</p><p>Links & Reading</p><p><a href="https://cliftonduncan.substack.com/p/clifton-breaks-the-rules" target="_blank">Clifton’s Substack, </a><em>State of the Arts</em></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEBPCOG5RHs" target="_blank">Thomas Sowell’s 1983 appearance on William F. Buckley’s </a><em>Firing Line</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Personal-Odyssey-Thomas-Sowell/dp/0684864657" target="_blank">Thomas Sowell’s memoir, </a><em>A Personal Odyssey</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Before-Hits-Home-Cheryl-West/dp/0822213222" target="_blank">Cheryl West’s play, </a><em>Before It Hits Home</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/365-Days-Plays-Suzan-Lori-Parks/dp/0573709556" target="_blank">Suzan-Lori Parks’s </a><em>365 Plays/365 Days</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Toms-Coons-Mulattoes-Mammies-Bucks/dp/082642953X" target="_blank">Donald Bogle’s book, </a><em>Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Primetime-Blues-African-Americans-Television/dp/0374527180" target="_blank">Donald Bogle’s book, </a><em>Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television</em></p><p><a href="https://gbdeclaration.org/" target="_blank">The Great Barrington Declaration</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Political-Ponerology-Science-Psychopathy-Totalitarianism/dp/1734907452" target="_blank">Andrew Lobaczewski’s book, </a><em>Political Ponerology: The Science of Evil, Psychopathy, and the Origins of Totalitarianism</em></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">glennloury.substack.com/subscribe</a>