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Malcolm X’s mythic quality is what was going through my mind as I sat in the dark, packed McCaw Hall last weekend, watching his life play out onstage in the opera, X: The Life & Times of Malcolm X. Particularly just before intermission when Malcolm is serving time in prison for dealing dope and is visited by Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam. As the promise of a movement greater than him beckons, Malcolm (played by bass Kenneth Kellogg) looks out into his future — the audience — and you can almost see destiny form before his eyes. It’s a powerful moment.

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