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Written by Christopher Walsh
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Paris Davis Dean is back. Some might remember her captivating performance at New York’s “Apollo Theatre”, in her portrayal of Miss Jane Pittman. As quoted from Actor and Comedian Steve Harvey (“Apollo #10”), “She shut the room down”.
In the upcoming play, “Outliving The Scars On My Back”, she does so once again by confronting her own obsessions about image and beauty as an African-American woman. (“Her hourlong solo show never comes off as trivial or self-promoting” LA-WEEKLY Deborah Klugman). She demonstrates how the stereotypical beliefs about styles, texture, and length of hair, played upon her psyche.
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