A significant moment in Canadian history is portrayed in this documentary musical about race relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Weaving hundreds of real interviews conducted with Saskatchewan residents and the court transcripts surrounding the killing of Colten Boushie and trial of Gerald Stanley, a kaleidoscopic picture is formed of the views of the incident, the province, and Indigenous people in Canada. Reasonable Doubt —with interviews by Joel Bernbaum, music by Lancelot Knight, and dramaturgy by Yvette Nolan—provides a space to honestly talk to each other about what has happened on this land and how we can live together.
I was not a fan of this play. I found the characters so bland and the dialogue quite meaningless. I may give this another read one day because I was surprised how much I did not care for this play, but on this read I found very little nuance and I felt like I was reading a teenage social justice hero's first attempt at writing a play. Wish I would have liked this one more.