"In 'Choir Boy," set in the fictive Charles R. Drew prep school for boys, we chronicle the moment when, a black queer kid, Pharus, tries to use their gift of song to uphold this great legacy of spirituals and the moment his community accepted his gift, but diminished his light." "The bodies that uphold the great legacy of spirituals are often black and queer. When will we love all them for who they are and not just for what they can do?" he asks.
Tagging McCraney, Smollett captioned the post: "So much pride." Comments remain disabled. Smollett's last Instagram post was on January 28. The following night he told police he was attacked by two men in ski masks, who used racial and homophobic slurs, tied a noose around his neck and poured an "unknown liquid" on him.
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