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4.39 AVERAGE
4.39 AVERAGE
Strange plot, authentic dialogue, and evocative ideas. The whole time you're thinking "This is a little weird." But it makes sense. The strangeness works well and no amount of strangeness takes away from the reality at its core: the lives, deaths, and loves of people at the height of the AIDS crisis, two couples in particular, and the infamous Roy Cohn. It's no wonder it's a major staple in late 20th century American storytelling on paper, onstage, and onscreen. More people need to read it to understand, even through something that's half fantasy, our history - the intersectionality of religions, lifestyles, gender, and political beliefs.
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
*loud sobbing*
Incredible work of art, I love harper
Incredible work of art, I love harper
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
hard topics but written very insensitively
‘this disease will be the end of many of us, but not nearly all, and the dead will be commemorated and will struggle on with the living, and we are not going away. we won’t die secret deaths anymore. the world only spins forward. we will be citizens. the time has come.’
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
The masterpiece of all masterpieces.
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The latest broadway production of the play is on audible and it’s absolutely fantastic.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
inspiring, heart-wrenching, visceral, and real. kushner’s commentary on the AIDS crisis and American politics is so effective through his exploration of Love: the pain of it, the ugliest sides of it, how it continues to bring people together regardless. i love when a text has moments that make me pause and reflect and jot down a quote, and this has many of those. i cant wait to watch the filmed adaptation of this