In 2020 teaching an old dog new tricks means showing him the door
Kim Nelson – taking names, firing old White men and walking over Indigenous students Review by Stephen Weir Kim Nelson For white men of a certain age, 2020 is a scary time when teaching an old man new tricks means putting him out to pasture. In Tarragon Theatre’s new play, This Was the World, Kim Nelson is the young quiet woman who manages to take names, fire a an aging legal superstar and stomp over an indigenous students private affairs. Nelson a relative newcomer to the Toronto theatre scene is the quiet force in this small play about gossip war between Boomer white privilege and her generation’s seething millennial rage. “This play is about how its characters deal with change and loss of status or privilege (or what is sometimes called white fragility),” explains playwright Ellie Moon. “I believe that it is worth exploring the ordinariness and the consequences of White fragility.” This Was the World, Kim Nelson & Dakota Ra...