I could've sworn I posted in this thread already.
I saw it the first week and went late at night so that the theater was almost empty. It was beautifully done and I would like to see it again. I agree, you gotta be in some kinda mood to watch this. I'm glad not everybody in the cast was actively suicidal, that would have been overwhelmingly depressing. Tessa Thompson did a great job ("I just couldn't stop grinniiiiin'...."
) and even Janet was great, but I think Anika Noni Rose took the cake for me.
I've heard people complain (IRL) about the storyline and "Why is this so sad? Why are all these women having so many issues, TP needs to let up with that same old line." Uh, he didn't write this. These stories were already like this, give the man a break. He did an excellent job with what he had. For heaven's sake, the book had the word "suicide" in the title--the book was sad, the play was sad, the movie will be sad.
But their stories showed that the bad is not the end. I like how the stories criss-crossed till the end when they all knew each other. Each one was special though I didn't quite understand Kerri Washington's character's story....
her man cheated with her best friend and now she can't have children? I missed something in that monologue. If someone could explain, that'd be great.
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