In hindsight, Deep (Jayden Elijah) seems to be an unwitting self-portrait of the man Boseman would become: a natural leader, imbued with grace, cut down too young. He earned his nickname due to the depth of his soul and Christian belief, manifested in his work for a community centre. He, wannabe-actress Azure, DJ Roshad and “fugitive recovery agent” (aka bounty hunter) Tone were all recent graduates of Mecca University (the nickname for Washington’s historically black Howard University, which Boseman and Jones attended), struggling to make it in New York. Now the three survivors wait to see if Deep’s killer will be indicted. (Big surprise: he isn’t.)
Deep Azure: Chadwick Boseman-penned play is ambitious but unfocused
