The only good Indian / Project design by Jivesh Parasram, with Tom Arthur Davis ; Performances texts by Jivesh Parasram, Tom Arthur Davis, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Justine Shore and Adele Noronha.

221 [2] p. ; 22 cm.

Acknowledgements ; Foreword ; Production History. -- Version one / Jivesh Parasram. -- Version two / Tom Arthur Davis. -- Version three / Donna-Michelle St. Bernard. -- Version four / Justine Shore. -- Version five / Adele Noronha. -- The only good Indian workbook.

The Only Good Indian is part lecture, part meditation, and part threat. Or maybe a sacrifice. Each incarnation of The Only Good Indian recruits a new artist to step into the radical headspace of a suicide bomber. In turn, each performer straps themselves into a suicide vest -- and struggles to rationalize to the audience such an "irrational" decision. It dissects where our similarities begin and where they end, forcing both the performer and the audience to ask themselves: what would I die for? Blending political theory with dark satire, authors Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Tom Arthur Davis, Adele Noronha, Jivesh Parasram, and Justin Shore take you on a wild ride through their genealogical relationships to colonization, occupation, otherness, and indigeneity.

5 solo performances

9781927922910

C812.6080352997 P223on 2021