CQ/CX
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 15, 2012
Closed Mar 11, 2012
Opened Feb 15, 2012
Closed Mar 11, 2012
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In the world premiere of Gabe McKinley's CQ/CX, an up-and-coming black reporter at The New York Times sees his dreams of becoming a famous journalist come crashing down when he finds himself at the center of a plagiarism scandal. Drawing on his own experience as a newsman, McKinley weaves a revealing and complex story about the collateral damage of unchecked ambition and compounded lies. In this new play inspired by real events, truth becomes slippery and racial tensions reach a boiling point. CQ/CX raises difficult questions about the state of our media culture, and the meaning and price of journalistic integrity.
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The story of Jayson Blair, the young African-American writer at the heart of a plagiarism scandal at The New York Times in the early 2000s, could make a fascinating drama. Unfortunately, Gabe McKinley's CQ/CX, receiving its world premiere from the Atlantic Theater Company at the Peter Norton Space under the direction of David Leveaux, only partially taps into its potential.
McKinley has fictionalized the names of the major players, although it's fairly easy to find out their real-life analogues, such as David Pittu's character Junior, who is a stand-in for actual New York Times publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.
Blair himself is transformed into Jay Bennett (Kobi Libii), who starts o[...]