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ashkitty93's review
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
alyssabookrecs's review
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
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
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
carrieliza's review
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.
katamace's review
emotional
funny
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
memilymoffin's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-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