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Creator/RayFisher notably performed as Ali in the play at the off-Broadway New York Theatre Workshop in 2013.
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Creator/RayFisher notably performed as Ali in the play at the off-Broadway New York Theatre Workshop in 2013.2013 and 2023.
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The play is inspired by the RealLife relationship between UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli, the famous boxer, and actor/comedian Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry aka [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepin_Fetchit Stepin Fetchit]], on the eve of Ali's 1965 defense of his heavyweight championship against Sonny Liston.
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The play is inspired by the RealLife relationship between UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli, the famous boxer, and actor/comedian Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry aka (aka [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepin_Fetchit Stepin Fetchit]], Fetchit]]), on the eve of Ali's 1965 defense of his heavyweight championship against Sonny Liston.
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'''Ali:''' I'M NO NEGRO! I'M A [[PunctuatedForEmphasis BLACK.MAN]]!
* OddFriendship: Muhammad Ali, a high-profile figure of racial pride for African-Americans during the Civil Rights movement, is friends with Steppin Fetchit, a comedian whose comedic routine in TheThirties is often perceived as a humiliating/embarrassing racial stereotype.
* OddFriendship: Muhammad Ali, a high-profile figure of racial pride for African-Americans during the Civil Rights movement, is friends with Steppin Fetchit, a comedian whose comedic routine in TheThirties is often perceived as a humiliating/embarrassing racial stereotype.
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'''Ali:''' I'M NO NEGRO! I'M A [[PunctuatedForEmphasis BLACK.BLACK! MAN]]!
* OddFriendship: Muhammad Ali, a high-profile figure of racial pride for African-Americans during the Civil Rights movement, is friends withSteppin Stepin Fetchit, a comedian whose comedic routine in TheThirties is often perceived as a humiliating/embarrassing racial stereotype.stereotype (and indeed was the subject of racist parody in popular media).
* OddFriendship: Muhammad Ali, a high-profile figure of racial pride for African-Americans during the Civil Rights movement, is friends with
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* SlaveToPR: Fetchit is eager to rehabilitate his image by linking himself with an African-American figure who embodies self-determination.
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* SlaveToPR: Fetchit Fetchit's reputation was sharply declining in the '60s thanks to his "Laziest Man in the World" character being increasingly recognized as an anti-Black stereotype. In the play, he is eager to rehabilitate his image by linking himself with an African-American figure who embodies self-determination. self-determination.
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* ConvertingForLove: Sonji converted to Islam for Ali and wears appropriate clothing, specially to cover her hair. After an argument with Fetchit, who calls her out on perceived hypocrisy, she asserts her right to her own identity and starts wearing a short skirt and heels, which angers Ali.
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* ConvertingForLove: Sonji converted to Islam for Ali and wears appropriate clothing, specially clothing to cover her hair. After an argument with Fetchit, who calls her out on perceived hypocrisy, she asserts her right to her own identity and starts wearing a short skirt and heels, which angers Ali.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Ali is not really happy to learn that Sonji's father was a fan of Steppin Fetchit's movies.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Ali is not really happy to learn that Sonji's father was a fan of Steppin Stepin Fetchit's movies.
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* YouOweMe: Reflecting on his controversial role in history (he was the first African-American performer to earn a million dollars, but at the price of compromising with paternalistic and racist producers who would only accept him in minstrel show-like stereotyped roles), Fetchit tells Ali "I snuck in the back door so you could walk in the front."
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* YouOweMe: Reflecting on his controversial role in history (he was the first African-American performer to earn a million dollars, but at the price of compromising with paternalistic and racist producers who would only accept him in minstrel show-like UncleTomfoolery stereotyped roles), Fetchit tells Ali "I snuck in the back door so you could walk in the front."
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* NWordPrivileges: Subverted. Ali vigorously answers to Fetchit's use of the N-word.
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* NWordPrivileges: Subverted. Ali vigorously answers to Fetchit's rather liberal use of the N-word.
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-->'''Fetchit:''' You are a negro, you are going down!\\
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-->'''Fetchit:''' You If you are a negro, you are going down!\\
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Ali is on the idealistic end, aiming for self-determination, pride and dignity. Fetchit is more on the cynical side of things, having had a widely different way of life.
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* YouOweMe: Reflecting on his controversial role in history (he was the first African-American performer to earn a million dollars, but at the price of compromising with paternalistic and racist producers who would only accept him in minstrel show-like stereotyped roles), Fetchit tells Ali "I snuck in the back door so you could walk in the front."
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* {{Cult}}: Cassius Clay joined Nation of Islam and became Muhammad Ali. Tensions arise between him and loyalist Brother Rashid, who pushes Ali to give more prominence to the importance of Muslim thinking in his life when he's interviewed.
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* {{Cult}}: Cassius Clay joined Nation of Islam and became Muhammad Ali. Tensions arise between him Ali and loyalist Brother Rashid, who Rashid when the latter pushes Ali the former to give more prominence to the importance of Muslim thinking in his life when he's interviewed.
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* ConvertingForLove: Sonji converted to Islam for Ali and wears appropriate clothing, specially to cover her hair. After an argument with Fetchit, who calls her out on perceived hypocrisy, she asserts her right to her own identity and starts wearing a short skirt and heels, which angers Ali.
* {{Cult}}: Cassius Clay joined Nation of Islam and became Muhammad Ali. Tensions arise between him and loyalist Brother Rashid, who pushes Ali to give more prominence to the importance of Muslim thinking in his life when he's interviewed.
* {{Cult}}: Cassius Clay joined Nation of Islam and became Muhammad Ali. Tensions arise between him and loyalist Brother Rashid, who pushes Ali to give more prominence to the importance of Muslim thinking in his life when he's interviewed.
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* {{Flashback}}: The play contains a scene set in [[TheRoaringTwenties the 20s]] with Fetchit negociating a contract with the paternalistic film producer William Fox.
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* UncleTomfoolery: InUniverse, Ali calls Fetchit out on his infamous "Lazy Richard" role-turned-stereotype, which made him a rich man but makes people cringe when hearing his name nowadays.
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* UncleTomfoolery: InUniverse, Ali calls Fetchit out on his infamous "Lazy Richard" role-turned-stereotype, "Laziest Man in the World" roles-turned-stereotype, which made him a rich man but makes people cringe when hearing his name nowadays.
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* SignatureMove: Ali turns to Fetchit because he knows that Fetchit was an intimate friend of the great boxing champion John Arthur "Jack" Johnson. Ali is searching for the knowledge of a legendary attack called the "Anchor Punch" that he believes might have been entrusted to Fetchit.
* SlaveToPR: Fetchit is eager to rehabilitate his image by linking himself with an African-American figure who embodies self-determination.
* SlaveToPR: Fetchit is eager to rehabilitate his image by linking himself with an African-American figure who embodies self-determination.
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'''Ali:''' I'm no negro! I'm a [[PunctuatedForEmphasis BLACK.MAN]]!
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'''Ali:''' I'm no negro! I'm a I'M NO NEGRO! I'M A [[PunctuatedForEmphasis BLACK.MAN]]!
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'''Ali:''' I'm no negro! I'm a [[PucntuatedForEmphasis BLACK.MAN]]!
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'''Ali:''' I'm no negro! I'm a [[PucntuatedForEmphasis [[PunctuatedForEmphasis BLACK.MAN]]!
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'''Ali:''' I'm no negro! I'm a black man!
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'''Ali:''' I'm no negro! I'm a black man![[PucntuatedForEmphasis BLACK.MAN]]!
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* EpunymousTitle: The title plays with the names of the protagonists ({{stage name|s}} in Fetchit's case).
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Ali is not really happy to learn that Sonji's father was a fan of Steppin Fetchit's movies.
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* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: By 1964, Cassius Clay had already changed his name to "Muhammad Ali". His wife still calls him by his old name in 1965.
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It focuses on the relationship between UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli, the famous boxer, and actor/comedian Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry aka [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepin_Fetchit Stepin Fetchit]], on the eve of Ali's 1965 defense of his heavyweight championship against Sonny Liston.
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* OddFriendship: Muhammad Ali, a high-profile figure of racial pride for African-Americans during the Civil Rights movement, is friends with Steppin Fetchit, a comedian whose comedic routine in TheThirties is often perceived as a humiliating/embarrassing racial stereotype.
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!!''Fetch Clay, Make Man'' contains examples of the following tropes:
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!!''Fetch Clay, Make Man'' contains examples of the following tropes:tropes:
* MomentKiller: As Ali and his wife Sonji are about to kiss, Fetchit ruins the moment with a very audible throat clearing.
* NWordPrivileges: Subverted. Ali vigorously answers to Fetchit's use of the N-word.
-->'''Fetchit:''' You are a negro, you are going down!\\
-->'''Ali:''' I'm no negro! I'm a black man!
* UncleTomfoolery: InUniverse, Ali calls Fetchit out on his infamous "Lazy Richard" role-turned-stereotype, which made him a rich man but makes people cringe when hearing his name nowadays.
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* MomentKiller: As Ali and his wife Sonji are about to kiss, Fetchit ruins the moment with a very audible throat clearing.
* NWordPrivileges: Subverted. Ali vigorously answers to Fetchit's use of the N-word.
-->'''Fetchit:''' You are a negro, you are going down!\\
-->'''Ali:''' I'm no negro! I'm a black man!
* UncleTomfoolery: InUniverse, Ali calls Fetchit out on his infamous "Lazy Richard" role-turned-stereotype, which made him a rich man but makes people cringe when hearing his name nowadays.
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''Fetch Clay, Make Man'' is a stage play written by Will Power and first performed in 2010.
It focuses on the relationship between UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli, the famous boxer, and actor/comedian Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry aka [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepin_Fetchit Stepin Fetchit]], on the eve of Ali's 1965 defense of his heavyweight championship against Sonny Liston.
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!!''Fetch Clay, Make Man'' contains examples of the following tropes:
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''Fetch Clay, Make Man'' is a stage play written by Will Power and first performed in 2010.
It focuses on the relationship between UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli, the famous boxer, and actor/comedian Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry aka [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepin_Fetchit Stepin Fetchit]], on the eve of Ali's 1965 defense of his heavyweight championship against Sonny Liston.
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!!''Fetch Clay, Make Man'' contains examples of the following tropes:
