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This paper explores the complex representations of masculinity and the pervasive sense of disillusionment in the select plays of Ed Bullins, one of the foremost dramatists of the Black Arts Movement. Bullins's theatre exposes the fractured psyche of Black men in urban America who wrestle with alienation, poverty, and the weight of racial oppression. His plays, such as In the Wine Time (1968), The Fabulous Miss Marie (1971), and The Taking of Miss Janie (1975), reveal men struggling to define their identities amidst social decay and personal failure. The study argues that Bullins redefines Black masculinity not as a symbol of power or pride but as a site of vulnerability, conflict, and moral crisis. Ultimately, Bullins transforms disillusionment into a moral awakening that reimagines masculinity as the capacity for emotional honesty within a society fractured by race, class, and gender. ________________________________________________________________________