Image via WikipediaSo Tyler Perry will soon release the movie Version of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf is a 1975 play by Ntozake Shange. It's such a classic for so many folks( particularly Women Of Color) that it's hard for some to imagine what in the world is Tyler Perry going to do to it?
The writer herself chimed in recently saying something to the effect of telling him that he'd better not bring Madea into it. I am reserving judgement of course until I see it on cable. I'm sure that it will be a girls night out for women all over the Diaspora the way that Waiting To Exhale was ( and Sex In The City too) . I'm not particularly interested in sitting for two hours of AmenCorner bonding over the "Brutha's aint sh%$%&^T" See how bad they do us" bonding. I don't however deny the value and need to hear Sistah's voices. When I was a kid , I hated the Color Purple because I thought that the message was Black Men aint no damn good. As an adult , I see both the pathos and triumph in the story Perspective can and does change.. Maybe one day I'll actually see "How Stella Got her Groove back
.
In the meantime, here is my list of For Colored (Blank) Who've Considered Suicide when the ( Blank) wasn't enough :
For Colored contact wearers.Who've Considered Suicide …When the blonde weave wasn’t enough
For Orange Colored Jump Suit wearers who've considered suicide when parole wasn't
enough
For multi colored suit wearers who've considered suicide when rainbow gators weren't enough
For National Association For The Advancement of Colored people who considered suicide when Black members of the tea party were too much
enough
For Color Tv watchers who've considered black and white or cable suicide when the BET awards were too much
For Rose colored glasses wearers who considered suicide when The tea party’s rainbow coalition attacks were enough
For Orange Colored Jump Suit wearers who've considered suicide when parole wasn't
enough
For multi colored suit wearers who've considered suicide when rainbow gators weren't enough
For National Association For The Advancement of Colored people who considered suicide when Black members of the tea party were too much
enough
For Color Tv watchers who've considered black and white or cable suicide when the BET awards were too much
For Rose colored glasses wearers who considered suicide when The tea party’s rainbow coalition attacks were enough
For Sun colored Brown Indigenous People who’ve considered Suicide when The Nina , Pinta, and The Santa Maria wasn’t enough
