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New Interpretation of 'Porgy and Bess' Provokes as it Continues to Resonate

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Uploaded on Sep 26, 2011

Read the transcript: http://to.pbs.org/p86F6Z Reinterpreting a classic is always sensitive, but when that classic is George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess," the singular American opera, it can get downright controversial. WGBH-Boston's Jared Bowen reports.

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