In Black & White & Color

There are 219 uses of the n-word in Huck Finn, but nary a one in Chapter Three. It's a diversion. Twain goes after Religion instead: "I says to myself, if a body can get anything they want by praying, why don't Deacon Winn get back the money he lost on pork?"

In Black & White & Color combines spoken word & commentary by award-winning actor (The Seven Sides of Shakespeare, Best Supporting Actor Atlanta Black Theatre Festival) & author (Hall of Fools) Shamrock McShane.

Huck Finn plots his own murder with a style Tom Sawyer would appreciate.

Pap carves himself up with the n-word. Pap's Election Integrity: "When I found out there was a state in this country where they'd let that n-word vote, I drawed out. I says I'll never vote ag'in."

Meet Pap: "where his face showed it was white, not like another man's white, a white to make a body sick, a white to make a body's flesh crawl - a tree-toad white, a fish-belly white."

Bad luck! Huck discovers Pap's footprints in the snow. He sells his $6000 fortune to Judge Thatcher for $1 to discourage Pap's rapacity. Then he goes to Jim, his comrade in superstition, who consults a magic hairball that can tell the future.

Short & Sweet, one of the most graceful denouements ever: The End of Huck Finn!

The penultimate chapter, Jim suffers for our sins, and Twain lets fire a fusillade of 18 n-words to send the message home.