It won the Pulitzer Price for Drama in as well as the Tony Award for Best Play, repeating this with the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play in 2010. Fences is an adaptation of August Wilson's 1987 play, a part of his Pittsburgh Cycle. In a second before the vibrant world of Fences fades into view, the astute theater-goer will recognize the fast-paced almost narrative cadence of two characters talking as lines written for a stage play. If I hadn't known what Fences was going in, I would have been able to tell before any color hit the screen. It's my duty to take care of you, I owe a responsibility to you, I ain't got to like you! Now, I gave everything I got to give you! I gave you your life! Me and your Mama worked out between us and liking your black ass wasn't part of the bargain! Now don't you go through life worrying about whether somebody like you or not! You best be makin' sure that they're doin' right by you! You understand what I'm sayin'? You live in my house, feed your belly with my food, put your behind on my bed because you're my son. A man is supposed to take care of his family. Troy: Like you? I go outta here every morning, I bust my butt 'cause I like you? You're about the biggest fool I ever saw. Troy: As long as you're in my house you put a "Sir" on the end of it when you talk to me. Don't you eat every day? Answer me when I talk to you! Don't you eat every day? Troy: Like you? What law is there sayin' I got to like you?
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