“…disguise has always been integral to us to survive in white men’s America, we play the obedient Stepin Fetchit, the minstrel or in your case the court jester…” “why is it when a negro becomes successful his own people want to pull him down?” “We’re talking vengeance or justice? It is often difficult to distinguish between the two.”
The director tries to make Iago more humane like. Did he succeed? Also, plots are somehow too dramatic to fit in a high school tale. But still pretty interesting.