While I was at Clemson, I took an African American theater class and we read the play...
'FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF' by Ntozake Shange & watched the ORIGINAL production from 1980['s]....
It was GREAT! I feel as though you should DEFINITELY see it before goin to see the MODERNIZED Tyler Perry version....
It teaches you sooo MUCH about being a lady--the trails, the faults, the men back then, and possible reason WHY women view relationships/themselves/black men the way they do.
The ORIGINAL production had the women characters named as colors...ex, The Lady in Orange...The Lady in Red...etc.
I LOVE IT!! Can't wait to see the Modern version [& what they added into it or taken away from it...]
Here's a clip[s] from the Original:
MY MOST FAVORITE ONE--- "BEAU WILLY":
--"Beau Willy" was about a father who had returned back home after leaving to go fight in the Vietnam War. As you know, fighting in wars then caused terrible drug abuse & MENTAL problems. Alot of men returning home from war were OUT OF IT [mentally] experiencing & witnessing terrible things...Beaau Willy was 1 of those men...His drug of choice, Liquor. He became an alcoholic and turned his rage on the people who loved him the most...his family! He killed his two kids because he was upset that his 'girlfriend' knew he was TO intoxicated to hold his child....smh, CRAZY right?? Mixing Liquor and emotions turns you into a whole 'nother' person...
--xoxo Tash!
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