Roughly a third of the way through The Essentialisn't (great title), writer-director-performer Elisa Davis quotes Wikipedia: "Essentialism is the view that every entity has a set of attributes that are necessary to its identity and function." To a large extent essentialism is a more formal way of saying stereotyping. While both are based on shallow, inaccurate ideas, both are frequently embraced (not always conscio…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 05:06AM on September 23, 2025