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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
by Ntozake Shange
4-4.5 at times: I liked this book/choreopoem well enough up until halfway through, but being most definitely not the right type of woc for it, I didn't connect with the first half or so as much as I could have. It's also a little hard to visualize the choreography aspect of it, and I wish I could also get the chance to see it live as that may have helped with a more immediate appreciation for the text.
That said, around the halfway or 3/4 point, something changed for me. I don't know if it was just I actually adjusted to the style and visualization of the dancing, or if there was a marked shift in the tone, but I love love love the latter portion of this. The level of emotional involvement I was looking for was definitely hit, and I think some of the last lines in this are going to (positively) haunt me for life.
That said, around the halfway or 3/4 point, something changed for me. I don't know if it was just I actually adjusted to the style and visualization of the dancing, or if there was a marked shift in the tone, but I love love love the latter portion of this. The level of emotional involvement I was looking for was definitely hit, and I think some of the last lines in this are going to (positively) haunt me for life.