The colored museum

I really enjoyed reading the colored museum. I thought wolfe did a great job of adding comedic elements throughout the play, while also keeping with a semi coherent story throughout the work. One of the negative sides of the story in my opinion is the use once again of over exaggerated social stereotypes, especially of the black women in the play. The repeated use of the theme of dance was something that i thought was very overplayed, and could be considered quite offensive to the black community. The other element of dark comedy i thought was pretty offensive and definately risky were the parts with Aunt Ethel cooking and Miss Pat and her "shackling" of the airline passengers. The reference to the slave trade and the shackling of slaves to the hulls of the boats is something that i was offended by, and i would think that many african americans would be as well. The fact that miss pat was a stewardess which is widely considered to be a white female occupation was something that i thought was clever to try and put in a commentary on the white people trying to still hold the black people down, but again there is a line that i dont know should be crossed here. Aunt Ethel with her big black pot full of many ingredients which ends up rearing boiled black children is not only disturbing, but also i think demonstrates a sort of political commentary on the morals of american society. All in all, i thought the book was cleverly done, but i feel like there are some subjects that have distinct lines which shouldnt be crossed, and i feel this book comes extremely close to doing that, if it doesnt cross them completely.