
Episode 1398 • • 2:14:49 - 2:19:57
1398: Gender Justice
To Kill a Mockingbird Tweaks, Agency in Theater
The Broadway production of *To Kill a Mockingbird* added a ghostly appearance of Tom Robinson to address "white savior complex" criticisms. In *The Book of Mormon*, a Ugandan woman now "scares off a warlord" instead of white missionaries to give her more "agency." The hosts mock the use of the word "agency" as a buzzword for empowerment over "Whitey."
