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The relationship exists because critics argue that 'The Lehman Trilogy' obscures the historical role of slavery in the Lehman Brothers' business success [1], [2]. By framing the firm's rise as a myth of immigrant hard work, the play is accused of evading the moral and material complicity of slavery in the creation of its wealth [3], [4], [5], [6].
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'The Lehman Trilogy' and Wall Street's Debt to Slavery nybooks.com 3 facts
perspectiveThe author argues that the classic American immigrant success story, as portrayed in the play 'The Lehman Trilogy', occludes the question of complicity in slavery by superimposing a myth of hard work and social mobility over a system that relied on the deprivation of rights for enslaved people.
claimThe National Theatre's version of the play 'The Lehman Trilogy' omits the history of slavery in the beginnings of the Lehman Brothers firm in the antebellum South.
perspectiveThe author argues that the play 'The Lehman Trilogy' incorrectly marginalizes the role of slavery in the Lehman brothers' history, failing to acknowledge that slavery was an embedded, ordinary part of their business success.
'The Lehman Trilogy' and Wall Street's Debt to Slavery reparationscomm.org 3 facts
perspectiveThe author argues that the erasure of slavery from 'The Lehman Trilogy' distorts the history of the Lehman Brothers' beginnings in the antebellum South and allows the play to evade the moral question of whether making money out of money is more reprehensible than making money out of slaves.
perspectiveThe author of the source text claims that 'The Lehman Trilogy' succumbs to the abstraction it deplores by focusing on capitalism as a transcendent promise of freedom while evading the material conditions of slavery that produced wealth.
claimThe author of the source text claims that 'The Lehman Trilogy' implies capitalism is emancipatory by suggesting it can transform chattel into customers, thereby evading the material conditions of slavery that produced wealth.