For Colored Girls

[abaici]

I'm still conflicted. Love Shange's play. I've read the poem and seen the play many times. LOVE IT! Yes, IT is very empowering as the focus in on black female identity. His addition of Janet Jackson and her entire storyline were ANNOYING. Ugh. Also, he only included a snippet of one of my favorite pieces. It just didn't fit in with the story he was telling. However, the piece about Toussaint ended on a very sweet note. *sigh* Oh well. I just hope this encourages more people to go out and buy the book.

[dreamseeker]

Originally Posted by Ch2tf

Thanks!! I enjoyed myself this weekend (shout out to dreamseeker) but didn't make it to the movies. Will have to try for later on this week.

[Still BLUTANG]

Originally Posted by abaici

Oh well. I just hope this encourages more people to go out and buy the book.

this is where i am. i'm happy we have people interested in the original work. i saw the movie yesterday (after MUCH reservation) and it wasn't as bad as i expected. the theater and people... now that's another thread

Anyway, a lot of my younger girlfriends are only tangentially familiar with the original work and now there's discussion of people reading it, seeing the play, etc. thumbs up to TP on that.

as far as the movie itself, i can only laugh when i hear the brothers say "it's a male bashing movie." sweeties, it's not about you. thanks.

[Munchkin03]

My mother, who doesn't like TP at all, thinks the movie is really good. She has the book (a very old copy) that I read a few times growing up. I would have totally expected my mother to think that TP couldn't do it justice, but she says "it lacks that Tyler Perry flair." Hmmm...