Ahead of watching KerryWashington in AmericanSon, read on for the actress's take on Netflix's adaption.
With a plot seemingly ripped from the headlines, the play addresses the connection between racial bias, policing, and state violence, and—after a limited engagement on the stage— it's now headed to. Washington plays Kendra Ellis-Connor, a psychology professor waiting in a Miami police station with her husband, Scott , hoping to find their missing 18-year-old son, Jamal, who was stopped by a police officer at a traffic light.
The narrative centers around a nightmarish reality for many black Americans, particularly those with young children. Did your experience as a mother inform your portrayal of Kendra? I don’t know. I think one of the things that I am aware of, having done the play, is how hard it is to make these decisions, and how important it is to not shame parents in the exploration of how to engage with this material. I think the dance is, how can we be fully honest with our kids and also fill them with a sense of relative safety and the belief that they can still be anything and do anything? It’s a tricky dance.
Some aspects of the story have been met with complicated responses from audiences. There’s a shock the viewer is expected to feel when the white officer believes Kendra’s husband is actually the Lieutenant because he is white. Another similar twist occurs when the Lieutenant is eventually revealed to be black, and sort of talks down to Kendra about her relationship with a white man.
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