Anti SlamPaula Varjack

Nine Sixteenths

Devised & Performed with Pauline Mayers, Endy Mckay, Julienne Doko & Associate Ensemble Member Livia Kojo Alour

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Pleasance, London

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Cambridge Junction

14+ (Guideline)

In 2004, in the SuperBowl halftime show finale, 19 year old Justin Timberlake ripped off 37 year old Janet Jackson's top. Her breast was exposed on screen for nine sixteenths of a second. A pop icon and role model for many black women, and an outspoken ally for the lgbtqI+ community, the moment derailed Jackson's career for many years, while Timberlake's thrived.

But who was invested in the backlash? Who became obsessed with blocking her success? Who joked over her humiliation? How have all those involved profited since?

What does all this have to say about the demographics of who controls the media, and the scrutinising of black women in the public eye?

Nine Sixteenths joins theatre maker Paula Varjack with choreographer/maker Pauline Edwards, actress/director Endy McKay, choreographer Julienne Doko and poet/theatre-maker Livia Kojo Alour for a cultural odyssey, to work out what happened, and what is happening still…

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