Wendell Pierce On The Timeless Themes Of Inequality In "Death of a Salesman"

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🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Wendell Pierce stars in a new Broadway production of "Death of a Salesman," in which his character Willy Loman is African American, serving to heighten the play's message about institutional violence and the unattainable American Dream. "Death of a Salesman" is playing now at the Hudson Theater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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