From this interview: Kimberly Belflower on the origins of John Proctor is the Villain
ALH: Do you want to say anything about The Crucible? The space it holds in English classes or the American Theatre?
KB: I mean, I always make sure to say that I don’t think The Crucible is a bad play. Arthur Miller is a really fucking great writer. The play is less about me being “down with The Crucible” and more about being interested in the way that The Crucible is being simplified and then passed on—because that’s what the lesson plans are and that’s what the curriculum is. #MeToo pushed people to really look at which systems we’re handing down, systems that we get trapped in and don’t know how to imagine things outside of—The Crucible seems emblematic of that to me.