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A 4 page paper which examines what the play says about race matters in America. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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File: TG15_TGlbcobb.rtf
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few people noticed. Simply stated, there was little to like about Ty Cobb beyond his baseball prowess. He was ruthless, egotistical, and seemed to take great pleasure in
living up (or down) to his reputation as the meanest man in baseball. There have been a few books written about Cobb, including his own autobiography co-written with Al
Stump entitled My Life in Baseball. However, young playwright Lee Blessing wasnt interested in Cobbs life on the diamond, he was fascinated by the complex man within. As
presented in Blessings off-Broadway production, Cobb, he is a man whose contradictions parallel the hypocrisies that were evident in his lifetime, and to a certain extent, still exist in the
America of the twenty-first century. The play presents Cobb in all his political incorrectness within a "cultural context" (Drukman, 2002, p. 24). One of his nicknames was Peach because
he was born and raised dirt-poor in Royston, Georgia in December of 1886. The Civil War may have ended more than twenty years before Cobb was born, but racial
antagonisms remained. Ty Cobbs Deep South was segregated and offered no apologies for its appalling treatment of African Americans. Most of Cobbs Georgian neighbors were card carrying members
of the Ku Klux Klan, and while there have long been rumors circulated throughout the sports world that Cobb himself was a Klansman, Blessings play neither confirms nor denies this
allegation (Carney, 2002). To Ty Cobb and his contemporaries, being a racist was as natural as breathing. The understatement of Cobbs racism is not an attempt by the
playwright to sugarcoat his subjects life or to downplay the character trait in any way. It is an accurate and somewhat shocking reflection of what American attitudes concerning racism
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