I Ain't Yo' Uncle is a moderately effective political burlesque that puts a comically liberalized vision of Harriet Beecher Stowe on trial for crimes against complexity. Insulting stereotypes in her book Uncle Tom's Cabin -- a landmark work of abolitionist fiction and a catalyst for the Civil War -- are used as evidence against her as she is tried by a panel of her most famous characters, including Uncle Tom, George Shelby, and the unforgettable "Topsy Turvy." Having acquired life and meaning independent of Stowe's novel, the characters decide to retell her famous story in an overtly theatrical manner, focusing on everything the writer "left out."