Theatre does tend to exaggerate themes to get the idea across to idiots - it's par for the course - and so you are right that it is a heavily implied reality moreso than what is normally observed.
The justification for this is that if it goes too far then the compromise will be more in line with what was originally intended to be the goal.
It's garish, trite and more than a little condescending to many but that's not who their intended audience to educate is.
Now that ^ is what the next question should be as it is shitting on the great work done by civil rights activists in the 1950's by presuming that people are as ignorant as they were then.
A modern racist isn't being so from a lack of understanding or empathy A modern racist is being so on purpose - and that goes regardless of the colour of your skin.
Theatre does tend to exaggerate themes to get the idea across to idiots - it's par for the course - and so you are right that it is a heavily implied reality moreso than what is normally observed.
The justification for this is that if it goes too far then the compromise will be more in line with what was originally intended to be the goal.
It's garish, trite and more than a little condescending to many but that's not who their intended audience to educate is.
Now that ^ is what the next question should be as it is shitting on the great work done by civil rights activists in the 1950's by presuming that people are as ignorant as they were then.
A modern racist isn't being so from a lack of understanding or empathy A modern racist is being so on purpose - and that goes regardless of the colour of your skin.