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but it wasn't as shitty as I thought it would be...
the performances, given what they had to work with, were very good though not across the board.
Kimberly Elise, Anika Noni Rose, and Tessa Thompson probably had the STRONGEST and most clearly defined roles in the movie IMHO and all did well...
I felt weird that Tessa/The Lady in Purple was basically dealing with an EXTREMELY ADULT storyline (abortion) and she was essentially a teenager...but Tessa did very well. it's hard to believe the snobby black chick who terrorized Kristen Bell and her black best friend on VERONICA MARS brought some surprising talent to her role (and for the black rock fans, SHE'S CHOCOLATE GENIUS's DAUGHTER? WTF?! LOL)
Kimberly Elise was very powerful (sorry Nukka, she can act and did AMAZINGLY WELL here)
Anika Noni Rose played her part well as Yasmine (and I am GLAD Tyler didn't go with his ORIGINAL IDEA of how Yasmine got her revenge on the dude that raped her...)
Thandie Newton: sorry, but she was HILARIOUS as Tangie/Lady In Orange. I get that her role was basically CREATED for the movie and even when there, Tyler apparently admitted that he really didn't know what to do with her character...so I can see why critics felt that Tangie was ALL over the damn place. But, to me, it made sense...I felt that Thandie did well for what she was given and her scenes/relationship with Gilda (Rashad) were very powerful.
Rashad: she was very damn good as Gilda...she didn't get ENOUGH to do.
Loretta Devine/The Lady in Green: same as Rashad...
Kerry Washington/The Lady In Blue: She was fine...I feel like with kerry, she's now just playing...kerry. I kept wanting and hoping I'd see something different from her. But, it was the same. She's talented, but I needed her to stretch and this time around, she didn't.
Janet: hmm...i'm *STILL* very neutral with her. I think there's acting TALENT in her, but she's still just trying to get away with the surface level of it and *NOT* going deeper. Her DL Storyline/getting infected with HIV/AIDS was just shallow, problematic and fucking WRONG...DL Storyline, Tyler? REALLY? Omari Hardwick, on what LITTLE talent he has, got a shitty ass role as the "i'm not gay, I don't take it up the ass, BUT I DO take it up the ass cause i'm positive and i gave my wife the package" closeted DL husband was lame...and making it OBVIOUS he was checking men out..wait, so if he's on the DL would he even PUBLICLY peep a dude's ass in public like that? Do better, Tyler...PLEASE, DO BETTER.
Whoopi Goldberg/Alice/The Lady in White: for this being her first role BACK on the silver screen in what, nearly 10+ years? she got the short end of the stick...of all the characters, Alice SHOULD have been the one woman in the movie ALLOWED to change and she wasn't. Why would she choose religion over her daughters? What was going on underneath that? There was never a sense that Alice could change, would change, or would even take responsibility for the fact that her 'wayward' daughters were because of her....period.
overall, it was decent. I'm still tired of Tyler and his need to demonize women who are in high powered careers, women in abusive relationships and women who are very religious/devout--I still maintain that he has SERIOUS issues with women AND issues with men...cause not ONE of the men in THIS movie or in *ANY* of his movies rises above a stereotype or caricature.
I've give it a B/B- overall. Get Out the Room https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/get-out-the-room/id525657893
Some of y'all need this in your life: http://www.psychology.com
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