Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
What is the setting of Ma's Black Bottom?
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Set in a Chicago recording studio in 1927, the two-act drama tells the story of a recording session with blues legend Ma Rainey, her band members, and the white producer and agent who made themselves wealthy through Rainey's recordings. The play explores race relations between blacks and whites in 1920s America and the African-American search for identity.
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