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Don't Play Us Cheap is a musical play with music, lyrics, and a musical book by Melvin Van Peebles. The musical is based on Van Peebles' 1967 French-language novel La fête à Harlem (1967). Set in Harlem, the musical premiered in November 1970 at San Francisco State College.
Dec 11, 1972 · Don't Play Us Cheap: Directed by Melvin Van Peebles. With Thomas Anderson, Jay Van Leer, Robert Dunn, Mabel King. As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two imps take human form in order to break up the party.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Melvin Van Peebles
- 1972-12-11
Don’t Play Us Cheap. Melvin Van Peebles’s film version of his own Tony Award–nominated Broadway musical is a bold blend of theater and nervy, New Wave–inflected cinematic invention.
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Oct 1, 2021 · The political tactic of encouraging Americans to be dissatisfied, always in revolt, robs black culture of its edifying richness. It plays Americans cheap. Van Peebles avoided activist...
Staged with ebullience, the original blues- and gospel-infused songs by Van Peebles burst forth in a life-affirming celebration of Black joy, tenderness, resilience, and strength. DON'T PLAY US CHEAP is in our Melvin Van Peebles: Four Films Collector's Set. The set arrives on September 28, 2021. To learn more or pre-order, visit Criterion.com.
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- Melvin Van Peebles
As his intended follow-up to Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Van Peebles made the musical film Don't Play Us Cheap. The film was an adaptation of an earlier stage musical of the same name which Van Peebles had created for performances at San Francisco State College in November 1970.
Sep 28, 2021 · Melvin Van Peebles, Don’t Play Us Cheap, 1972. Like so many multitalented legends of African American culture, including James Baldwin, W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, and Toni Morrison, Melvin Van Peebles maintained a deep love of theater and used the medium to tell stories about Black life. In fact, of all these icons, Van ...
