There was a lot of negative talk about Terry Perry producing the film "For Colored Girls" based on Ntzoke Shange's For Colored Girls Who've Considered Suicide When the Rainbow's Enough so I was nervous about seeing the film. But I am happy to say that I was just as blown away by the film as I was the first time I read the choreopoem and saw the play off-Broadway years ago.
All the Tyler Perry bashing blogs and tweets had me thinking he was going to somehow mess up the story, but he kept it pure and raw, oh so raw . . . down to the bone.
I was surprised but, pleased of course, that so many of the original monologues and poems were so brilliantly and eloquently incorporated into the film's dialogue.
I don't want to say too much about the actual content so it's not ruined for those of you who've not yet seen the movie nor experienced/read the play/choreopoem. But it is full of issues we consider taboo and would rather not discuss such as women's sexual liberation, rape, incest, unsafe/illegal abortion, STDs and HIV/AIDS (STIs), abuse, mental issues and more.
Sad but true these are our colored girls stories, but with sisterhood and support we can not only heal but bring diminishing these taboo issues to the forefront of our daily lives.
Even if you aren't a fan of Tyler Perry and refuse to see the film, you can't help but admit that he brought Ntzoke Shange's choreopoem to mainstream audiences, which could be the beginning of us having more open dialogue leading to solutions on healing for not only colored girls but colored boys too
So again I feel compelled to repeat what I tweet frequently, "Our problems are bigger than politics, bigger than media, bigger than religion, bigger than it all . . . we need healing"
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