Thandie Newton in basic Calvin Klein at the For Colored Girls special screening in NYC

Who else but Tyler Perry could bring Ntozake Shange’s choreo-poem “For Colored Girl’s” to the bring screen?  I shudder to think of an answer to that question.  Seriously!  Ain’t that many folks in Hollywood who have the know how.  Alright, so he shortened the title a bit – but it sure as hell ain’t any less impactful!

And who else could compile a cast with this much talented pigmentation?  Nobody!

When you have Thandie Newton, Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington, Macy Gray, Phylicia Rashad and Ruby Dee – and that’s just the women – starring in the screen adaptation giving life to the immortal epic cry of minority sub-group that have been versed on stages from coast to coast, you can’t say nothing but give praise to Madea and her genius.

Hell if Perry ain’t poised to launch a whole new Hollywood right up in here.

Now I ain’t goin to get up on some soapbox and shout about how black women have had their troubles made to bathe in their own tears and so forth…  That would just be wrong of me and somewhat redundant.  Y’all know this.  But I can say that this flick has the makings to serve as an anthem to those who’ve suffered and felt no voice of their own with which to scream.

This is “For Colored Girl’s Who’ve Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf”.

Other notable attendees:  Roshumba, Francia Raisa, Niecy Nash, Montego Glover, Estelle, Veronica Webb, Ciara, Laura Izibor, Pattie Labelle, Jaycee, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Simone and the scribe herself – Ntozake Shange.

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