Bill Moyers will interview Anna Deavere Smith on "Bill Moyers Journal" Friday, Nov. 13. The program airs on UNC-TV at 11 p.m. and on UNC-MX at 9 p.m.
The promotion for this week's program states, "While politicians and the media war over 'the public option' and 'bending the cost curve,' acclaimed actress-playwright Anna Deavere Smith gives voice to questions of life and death, sickness and healthcare" through her one-woman show "Let Me Down Easy."
Smith is quoted on the program's Web site, saying, "I think every culture needs room for the language that's not official and that language is often in art. When I hear the official language, it makes me suppose that this is a time when we need a lot more art that's not going to have answers that are in black and white.
She adds, "That's not going to have answers and language that is vetted, edited and put before focus groups and everything else so that it sounds exactly right. That we need to have the real stories of real people and that's, I guess, what my work is -- trying to find those stories that don't fit in any one category and don't necessarily fit in one side."
Smith talked about "Let Me Down Easy" in an interview on Democracy Now! Nov. 6.
Moyers spoke in the Bryan Series in March 2006 and Smith will speak Sunday, Feb. 28 (3:30 p.m.).
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