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‘A Poet’ Review: Prize-Winning Comedy Of Manners Gently Skewers The Festival Audience It Was Made For

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At a key moment in “A Poet,” the directors of a poetry festival suggest that Yurlady (Rebeca Andrade), a 15-year-old lower-class girl, write a poem about her poverty, skin color & general misfortune. She ordinarily writes about sunlight and flowers, but that wouldn’t cut it. The educated gentry that attends poetry festivals expects misery porn from the likes of Yurlady. Director Simón Mesa Soto is obviously taking a bludgeon to liberal pieties, …
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The Playlist broke the news in on Friday, June 6, 2025.
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