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What strategies did she employ in her process of making in play with the youth? Mady used the Boal’s Joker System as an opportunity to engage a pedagogy of intervention,, and with this tell a story of violence, racism, and resistance in America. Using this method, she explains that it provided a means to incorporate the youth’s curiosity, dismay, outrage, fear, and inspiration in relation to the subject matter of the play within the play. Mady wanted the youth to be very involved with the creation of the play and first had them come up with a list of historical characters they would like to know more about and celebrate, and eventually came down to two characters (Rodney King and Claudette Colvin) that they voted on to learn about people they didn’t really know of. What approaches resonated with me? The approach of the Joker System turns a play into a discussion, in essence, and even a trial, where different ideas and feelings about a character/event can be debated. The goal of