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ashkitty93's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
alyssabookrecs's review against another edition
4.0
From May 2016:
"The world howls without; it is at this moment a very terrible world--what the first character you meet in Perestroika calls an 'inevident welter of fact, event, phenomenon, calamity.' I have been blessed with remarkable friends, colleagues, comrades, collaborators: Together we organize the world for ourselves, or at least we organize our understanding of it; we reflect it, refract it, criticize it, grieve over its savagery; and we help each other to discern, amidst the gathering dark, paths of resistance, pockets of peace, and places from whence hope may be plausibly expected. Marx was right: The smallest divisible human unit is two people, not one; one is a fiction. From such nets of souls societies, the social world, human life springs. And also plays."
-Tony Kushner, November 15, 1993
Today I finally read Kushner's Angels in America Part 2: Perestroika. Read both Millenium Approaches and Perestroika. They are two parts but one unit, like the smallest divisible human unit.
"The world howls without; it is at this moment a very terrible world--what the first character you meet in Perestroika calls an 'inevident welter of fact, event, phenomenon, calamity.' I have been blessed with remarkable friends, colleagues, comrades, collaborators: Together we organize the world for ourselves, or at least we organize our understanding of it; we reflect it, refract it, criticize it, grieve over its savagery; and we help each other to discern, amidst the gathering dark, paths of resistance, pockets of peace, and places from whence hope may be plausibly expected. Marx was right: The smallest divisible human unit is two people, not one; one is a fiction. From such nets of souls societies, the social world, human life springs. And also plays."
-Tony Kushner, November 15, 1993
Today I finally read Kushner's Angels in America Part 2: Perestroika. Read both Millenium Approaches and Perestroika. They are two parts but one unit, like the smallest divisible human unit.
deinol's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-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
lavenderhaze777's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
hxnnxh_m's review against another edition
2.0
did i understand any of this second part of the play? let's go with no
carrieliza's review against another edition
5.0
Having seen a stage production and the HBO miniseries, I figured I should, at some point, read the actual play(s). Not disappointed. So good.