Fucking A vs Appropriate

Fucking A is a theatrical play written by American playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, premiering in 2000 as a parallel work to her earlier play In the Blood. Both works serve as modern adaptations of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, but this iteration places its protagonist, Hester, in a dystopian society accompanied by an original operatic score. The plot centers on the mother's desperat...

Appropriate is a play by American dramatist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, first produced in 2013. It follows the estranged Lafayette siblings as they gather at their late father's decaying Arkansas plantation house and discover an album containing photographs of lynchings. The family dispute uses conventions of the American family drama to examine inheritance, denial, racism, and historical memory. A Br...