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A review by ekfisk
Black Movie by Danez Smith
5.0
From the last poem in the collection: “Dinosaurs in the Hood”
“This can’t be a black movie. This movie can’t be dismissed because of its cast or its audience. ... This movie can’t be about a long history of having a long history with hurt. This movie can’t be about race. Nobody can say n*gga in this movie who can’t say it to my face in public. No chicken jokes in this movie. No bullets in the heroes. & no one kills the black boy. & no one kills the black boy. & no one kills the black boy. Besides, the only reason I want to make this is for that first scene anyway:
little black boy on the bus with a toy dinosaur,
his eyes wide & endless
his dreams possible, pulsing, & right there."
Just wow. This collection is raw and so so powerful. A must read.
“This can’t be a black movie. This movie can’t be dismissed because of its cast or its audience. ... This movie can’t be about a long history of having a long history with hurt. This movie can’t be about race. Nobody can say n*gga in this movie who can’t say it to my face in public. No chicken jokes in this movie. No bullets in the heroes. & no one kills the black boy. & no one kills the black boy. & no one kills the black boy. Besides, the only reason I want to make this is for that first scene anyway:
little black boy on the bus with a toy dinosaur,
his eyes wide & endless
his dreams possible, pulsing, & right there."
Just wow. This collection is raw and so so powerful. A must read.