Bmbdgty: Great White Hope or Great White Hype?
             Plot: The play "The Great White Hope" by Howard Sackler is a pre-World War I captivating tale of a talented boxer's rise to fame and eventual drop to infamy. Hidden within it's harsh language and rough exterior lies the allegorical theme of abundant racism in early 20th century America. The story opens on a retired boxing champ who is being coaxed into rejoining the ranks to defend his title as Heavy Weight Champion of the World. The challenger is Jack Jefferson, a black boxer who upset the ways of the American world by defeating all the white boxers before him. He fights , and beats the champ who was heralded as the "great white hope". Once he attained the top of the boxing world he soon became the black celebrity
             Bmbdgty: Blacks everywhere looked up to him as the force that would abolish racism. The white people didn't take kindly to this black uprising and therefore arrested Jack for a phony charge. His white girlfriend and he ran away to Canada so he could evade the law. Soon after he made his way to England and then France, all the while trying to maintain a boxing career. He ended up broken and poor, working in a circus in Budapest when the American Feds present him with a deal. According to the deal he must take a dive in a fight for the championship with a white man. Jack stuck to his morals and turned down the offer, but consequently, he lost more money and was exiled to Mexico, where he boxed for food
             Bmbdgty: . After many months in Mexico fighting to survive, his girlfriend committed suicide and he agreed to the feds deal. He boxes the last fight incredibly well, until the 10th round, when he took his dive. He is carried away the loser, while the white men once again rule the sport and therefore once again took control of the nation.
             Bmbdgty: Conflict: In this tale many conflicts were present. Of course there was the ever-present conflict of black versus white, but thi...