Dutchman | Critical Overview
When Dutchman opened in 1964, white audiences hailed Baraka as the new black voice of the American theater. He had suddenly caught the public eye. Playboy magazine called him "the most discussed—and admired—Negro writer since James Baldwin." It was ironic that in calling whites to task for their racism, Baraka earned their admiration. Stephen Schneck explained in Ramparts that "The blase New York culture scene was titillated by his maledictions...The more he attacked white society, the more white society patronized him....The masochistic vein was a source of...
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