Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

27 reviews

allygator's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

 This is hands-down my favorite play of all time. I love every single thing about it. This is the play that made me fall in love with the art of theatre and inspires the art I create now. Watching Andrew Garfield play Prior Walter completely shifted what I thought acting could be, and to this day is a level of performance I aspire to achieve.
In case you couldn't know, this is not an objective review at all. A lot of who I am now has been made by the impact this play had on me, so I'm incredibly biased when it comes down to reviewing it.
The best thing about this play is how the characters are written. They all are exceptionally flawed, and it makes them feel like people right out of the streets of New York. There are times when reading this when I get so honestly angry at the characters because they're so flawed and make such terrible decisions. It's real and very well written, but it makes me feel a lot of things.
I do think that as incredible as this script is, nothing comes even remotely close to the experience of watching a filmed or live production of it. Seriously, if you can, take two days and watch this. You won't regret it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Addiction, Drug use, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Blood, Excrement, Grief, Violence, Vomit, and Sexual content

Minor: Cancer, Pregnancy, and Dementia

addyruth17's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

There is a point one can reach when one has so many thoughts and feelings that the mind fails to comprehend any of them, and one can do nothing but stare at the wall with brain buzzing.  I reached this point, perhaps twice, while reading this play.  Immaculate scenes, delectable wording, and a heap of challenging topics. Gives the audience just enough to understanding something new, even if they don't quite understand what is happening in the scene itself.  So surreal it simply must be about reality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Racism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Biphobia, Excrement, and Racial slurs

bvrealis's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Homophobia

clrlilli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Excrement, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Vomit

overthefroggymoon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

I love this story so much, I hope to see it live one day but until then - this was just spectacular

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Racism

bexsur's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Death

gaufferededges's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A wonderful and ambitious piece of writing, but very much a product of the decade it was produced in. Does not engage with the complexities of the AIDS crisis outside of the very particular members of the community it focuses on. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Death