cjgwilliams 's review for:

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

4.0

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I saw this performed by a group of extraordinarily talented women as my first introduction to this piece. It is not a novel, and it is not a play; it is a performance piece. I think this is one of those things you should see first, then read in order to fully appreciate it. I feel the same way about Shakespeare. It is kind of dry to read but when you see it performed or perform it yourself, it takes on a whole new meaning and depth of emotion that is really difficult to comprehend in a two dimensional page.