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Review: 'For Colored Girls,' the Movie
How Tyler Perry turned an artistic classic into a crude cartoon.
The Root Interview: Thandie Newton on 'For Colored Girls'
Thandie Newton chats with The Root about playing the tough-talking, sex-obsessed Tangie in Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls.
'For Colored Girls,' Not for Black Men
The men of For Colored Girls betray black women at every turn. One writer wonders where all the positive roles for black men have gone.
Tyler Perry's View of 'For Colored Girls'
Tyler Perry told the women of The View that For Colored Girls haunted him. But did it haunt someone else first?
VIDEO: The Root Interview: Ntozake Shange
In this exclusive interview with The Root’s contributing editor Harriette Cole, playwright-poet-novelist Ntozake Shange talks about the strokes that almost took her life, the new novel she wrote with her sister and what she told Tyler Perry when he told her he wanted to adapt her Tony Award-winning choreopoem, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, for the big screen. (Hint: She’s not a fan of Madea.)
REVIEWS FROM AROUND THE BLACK WEB
Essence: Perry's Offering Isn't Perfect, But It Was Good Enough
BV on Movies: The Performances Outweigh The Flaws
EURWeb: Black Feminist Classic Refreshed Courtesy of Tyler Perry
Shadow and Act: Tyler Perry’s “For Colored Girls” (Well, Terry McMillan Liked It!)
TheGrio: Just 'Enuf' Tyler Perry Goes a Long Way
MORE ON THE ROOT
PHOTOS: Treasured Black Books Adapted for Film
See The Official 'For Colored Girls' Trailer
Single-Minded: For Colored Girls When Tyler Perry Isn't Enough
