One Day When I was Lost: A Scenario | Critical Overview
Baldwin’s One Day, When I Was Lost: A Scenario was published as a screenplay in text form but was never produced as a movie. In a collaborated form, co-written by Arnold Perl, a similar screenplay was produced as a documentary in 1972. Also, in 1995, Spike Lee very loosely based his famous adaptation, Malcolm X, on Baldwin’s screenplay. However, since the play was only published as text, it has received very little critical attention.
Patsy Brewington Perry’s article ‘‘One Day, When I was Lost, Baldwin’s Unfulfilled Obligation’’ is an exception. The...
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