A review by roseleaf24
Fences by August Wilson

4.0

This is such a thought-provoking read, in just a few brief pages. I would love to see it on stage, and plan to see the recent movie. (My copy has James Earl Jones, who played Troy in the original stage productions and on Broadway, but I can actually see Denzel Washington filling the role a little bit better.) It's a personal insight into the systemic racism in this country before that was a frequently thrown around term, and a view of the cyclical nature of the fragility of families. Troy is a complicated, damaged man who tries to be who he wants to be for his family, but whose pride and disappointment with himself get in the way.