…ir skill and creativity, as well as for their understanding of the community and its sensibilities. To create a new and unexpected variation on or within an existing frame depends, after all, on the improvisor’s knowledge and understanding of what has come before, as well as the issues, conditions, and experiences that shape their audience today.
…rtaken by someone who is Black. A student taking a nap in the lounge of their Ivy League dormitory. A couple friends waiting until all members of their party are present before ordering their drinks at Starbucks. Two friends lighting up a barbecue late one Sunday morning.