Reviews tagging 'Death'

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes by Tony Kushner

27 reviews

jyrreb's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death

clarathromycin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Outing, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer and Sexual harassment

remimicha's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Body horror, Mental illness, Outing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Infidelity, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Classism, Physical abuse, Vomit, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Antisemitism, and Excrement

shieldbearer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This play absolutely deserved the Pulitzer, my god. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Excrement, Misogyny, Medical content, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Drug use, Chronic illness, Antisemitism, Terminal illness, Death, Religious bigotry, Ableism, and Abandonment

souplover2001's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

"we live past hope. if i can find hope anywhere, that's it, that's the best i can do. it's so much not enough. it's so inadequate, but still bless me anyway. i want more life" 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Sexual content

burnt_milk's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Wild. Absolutely wild. These characters are rich and so messy. The way Roy Cohn's character is written in particular is horrifyingly resonant re: the last few years. I adore Belize and love how awful and pretentious and selfish Louis is, and how sneakingly real he feels. I can't pretend to understand half of Perestroika LOL but this play remains an integral part of AIDS history for a reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Terminal illness, Addiction, Death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Blood, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Minor: Body shaming

petrichorandcoffee's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This is a beautiful work and I am grateful to have read it. I hope to see it one day live. It is difficult, intense, devastating, brilliant, interdisciplinary, thoughtful, and informative. Kushner is clearly a genius. This work is gorgeous and wide-reaching. If it were written as a play set in present day I wouldn't have rated it 5 stars, but given how frightening, unsure, and seemingly hopeless the 80s must have felt for queer men in thr AIDS epidemic, I definitely feel it is a 5 star play.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content

carlyalynnsia's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Death, and Misogyny

readingpicnic's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Excrement, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Death, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Infidelity, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Racism and Miscarriage

wenwanzhao's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A baffling, mystical, timeless, and somehow endlessly contemporary play. I am absolutely taken away by the exploration of American Religion, in every interpretation. Well worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs, Antisemitism, and Death