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Cooper was willing to be vulnerable and honest with a personal story without being apologetic or didactic.
What I didn't like
Certainly Cooper could have had more production design, musical score and lighting…but the charm of his show was that it had the feel of a man telling stories on a street corner or in a locker room. Cooper compelled me to watch and listen without being distracted by elements that could have taken away from its rawness.
My overall impression
An intelligent, provocative, high energy performance that channeled Spalding Gray and Richard Pryor. Cooper used his personal story to articulate the inner truth shared by many Black men of a certain age. Cooper’s world was not always nurturing but his humor, irony, patience and poise were skillfully used to navigate him through the minefields of racial prejudice. Definitely while growing up and surely still now. Well done! – Kelvin Garvanne