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"A Raisin in the Sun" is 50 years old but sadly still relevant in so many ways - crosses racial, geographic and social lines in its depiction of a borderline-dysfunctional family seeking to balance traditional values with the desire for upward mobility.
This play should be revived at least once a decade for a new generation of viewers, until the great day dawns that its message is no longer necessary.