Question

A director casts a play about colonialism so that women play the colonizers and men play the colonized people. What is the most likely intent of the director's interpretation?

A. To challenge society's accepted roles for people
B. To point out that women are civilized and men are barbaric
C. To argue that colonialism continues to be controversial
D. To suggest that colonialism is no longer a problem in society

Answer 1

A. To challenge society's accepted roles for people

This play would certainly challenge what people in the audience consider to be standard in terms of gender roles. Especially relating women to the oppressors (the colonizers) and men as the oppressed, this director would definitely be trying to flip people's ideas upside down.