Take the exploitation of black America during Reconstruction, structure it with metaphoric parallels to the science of mechanics, interweave quotations from dozens of contemporary sources, throw a few tendrils back to the primeval creation of the Alleghenies, add music and a lumbering, evocative set ... pant, pant, pant ... and you have this massive construction called "JH: Mechanics of a Legend."
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:14PM on February 14, 2017