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A review by gregzimmerman
Colored Television by Danzy Senna
4.0
3.5 but rounding up.
An often funny novel about the tension between creating art and having to make a living, and also whether artists of a particular race, or in this case, artists who are biracial, MUST be pigeonholed to make art centering racial themes. How artists balance creating art and raising a family is a huge theme, as well.
I don't know, though, for a novel set in LA about a novelist-turned-trying-to-be-a-TV-writer, something about this novel felt less edgier than I wanted -- like it's missing...something. I enjoyed what I read, but I just kept waiting for it to explode from good to great, and it didn't and then it was over. I realize that is extremely lazy review, but I've been thinking about it for a couple days and I can't put my finger on exactly why it didn't hit as hard as it should've. The reviews for this are almost universally positive so I think I'm just being a dumbass here.
An often funny novel about the tension between creating art and having to make a living, and also whether artists of a particular race, or in this case, artists who are biracial, MUST be pigeonholed to make art centering racial themes. How artists balance creating art and raising a family is a huge theme, as well.
I don't know, though, for a novel set in LA about a novelist-turned-trying-to-be-a-TV-writer, something about this novel felt less edgier than I wanted -- like it's missing...something. I enjoyed what I read, but I just kept waiting for it to explode from good to great, and it didn't and then it was over. I realize that is extremely lazy review, but I've been thinking about it for a couple days and I can't put my finger on exactly why it didn't hit as hard as it should've. The reviews for this are almost universally positive so I think I'm just being a dumbass here.