“For Colored Girls”: A Spiritual Perspective

[@ladyAdore]

Aww, Ntozake was my dance teacher in middle school. She had such a sweet and gentle Spirit. #Love #MamaNtozake 💙

[@BlackFairy-zk7wl]

Wow

[@theorderofthebees7308]

🙏🙏🙏

[@ladyp6904]

I love that he didn't tske out the poem..."Someone almost walked off with all my stuff"....love this perspective 🫶🏾

[@Divine__Hala]

I love this poem

[@ladyp6904]

@@Divine__Hala Me too. I found the original version years before he remade the movie.

[@Manifestingsunshine]

QUEEN…..CCHHIILLEE!!!!! You broke this down so GOOD!! I never wanted to see the movie. Didn’t know it was a book. Now I have to read the book and watch the movie!! If we didn’t already, we should watch this for one of our watch parties!! 🦋🦋🦋❤

[@BeGreat365]

I actually prefer the book. Had to read it in school, but couldn’t get through the movie

[@naturallyjacquie]

I’ve never cried so hard watching a movie. I watched it once while I was pregnant and said never again. But I may have to try it again now from this perspective

[@MamaCancer23]

I watched it once also & it absolutely tore me up!!! 😩 There needed to be a trigger warning in the beginning or something. I could never watch it again! But, I’m here to hear Queen’s perspective on it.

[@BeGreat365]

SWEAR!! I find it hard to get through Tyler’s movies because it’s always the worst of the worst black trauma 🥴😢

[@sparklepace5090]

Yeah watching was super tramac i was so sick i dont have to rewatching it its stay with me since the first time i felt every story

[@lmboyd3]

All of the ladies in that film did an excellent job. Loretta Devine's delivery of the poem, "Somebody Almost Walked Off With All of My Stuff" was perfection! Whoppi Goldberg's Lady in White was powerful and chaotic and heart wrenching. My parents have the book and I need to reread it. Mama Ntozake captured the nuances of Black womanhood with its kaleidoscope of colors, emotions, and authenticity. Black womanhood should be reclaimed from its oppressive chokehold from racism and sexism; celebrated, valued, uplifted, shown compassion and empathy, and respected. Thank you Queen Po for another deep and spiritual analysis.

[@lakeyta]

Wow Queen never looked at it this way thanks you for this now I’m going to watch it again from a spiritual perspective 🤎🦋

[@PHENYX.]

This was great breakdown ♥️✨

[@me21464]

Kimberly was definitely carrying all of us! We have so much going on inside of us that we can’t even separate it out!

[@MrPoeticEssence]

😮Speechless! The way I'm sitting here running back the whole movie is crazy. It clicked for me as soon as you said Chakra.

[@destinydevour]

I love this❤ all these years I've watch this movie but never noticed the relationship to the chakras

[@lynnbowens8472]

Thank you Sis, you broke that down!! When you spoke about the “Lady in Brown” being all of the colors mixed together, I received a revelation. The Brown also represents us as a race that all others races evolved from. As the Original People, we are responsible for every other race on earth. Ase

[@TheRealOtherHilton]

Read the book over 20 years ago and had no desire to watch the movie. Queen you’ve changed my mind, this is officially on my movie list.

[@danyellewashington7557]

Wow! When you’re in on your journey, it’s not just another perspective. Thank you, Queen ❤

[@SharonH65]

Leave it to Tyler Perry to make a movie about wounded black women, or a wounded black community, nothing black is never positive in his mind. I love your channel Queen Po and I do have that movie.❤❤I love all these ladies in this movie.✌🏾✌🏾

[@NebraskaFalls-ee7qp]

YOU SOUND UNEDUCATED ! THAT IS YOUR HISTORY and the trauma you faced then on the plantation AND NOW in 2024 because YOUR COMMUNITY DOSENT WANT TO WORK AND HEAL which is why the trauma is still occurring. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MEDIA pieces out there that show is in a positive light ; GO WATCH THAT . RECALL AIYANA STANLEY JONES ? KORRYN GAINES, SANDRA BLAND and so many more? I GUESS IM JUST PLAYING VICTIM by SAYING THIER NAMES. GTFOH

[@2468harris]

Wow Queen! I saw this movie back in 2010 when it came out. I didn't realize that each woman represented the colors of the chakras. Thanks for the spiritual perspective. I never read the book. I'm going to have to get it and read it.

[@jamekaterri5446]

I just love when you talk theatre.🎭 You make it cool. My favorite part of Tyler’s adaptation was his commitment to her language. Her language is the melody of the choreopoem. And a lot could have gone lost if he chose switch wording. He did cut. But tastefully. Casting was IMMPECABLE! He planned on doing this for a while. And oooooozes! #ForColoredGirls has been a blessing to so many Black Women that do theatre. This film was the total embodiment of everything Mama Shange was trying to say. Almost feels like he ran everything by her first. She was known to not play bout her words. PARTICULARLY this work. Thank you for sharing ❤ I thoroughly enjoyed.

[@yoloxoxo4042]

Girl this video was proper! From beginning to end. Thank you so much for this!

[@niaimani4267]

It seems so obvious now, for years I was trying to understand the significance of the colors chosen for each woman/monologue. Chakras make so much sense! Thank you for your analysis ❤

[@cri1625]

Queen, this is the BEST & Most BRILLIANT review EVER DONE for this movie, 👏🏾 🙌🏾 💜🦋💜🦋💜🦋💜 Asé

[@Courageous_Conversations]

I agree!

[@sweetlistenings3324]

What a beautiful breakdown. Great job.

[@melmel7881]

🙌🏿 love this breakdown respect, sis

[@Discokayaker]

You did this!!!!! Thank you Sister! ✨🙏🏽💕🧜🏾‍♀️🦋🌊

[@JustTah]

I am going to watch this right now. I remember sitting in the movie theater with 8 other women in my family going through so many emotions. This is a classic!

[@BlackFairy-zk7wl]

I watched this movie ehen I was nine and it wasnt until I went through experiences similar to the lady in yellow and orange did I understand what a masterpiece this is. Im not a big fan of Tyler Perry, but this was good work indeed.

[@nicolelee6478]

Phenomenal breakdown. Thank you so much. When I first watched the movie i really liked it but it made me feel really sad and I never understood why there were no positive stories, now I get it! 💡💡💡💡❤

[@blklacquer]

I love these videos, makes me want to go back and watch!❤

[@JamarTheWanderer]

You ate with this video wow!

[@locddenturedandblack5569]

This breakdown is immaculate

[@BeGreat365]

Honestly, it’s hard for me to get through Tyler Perry movies because why does Hollywood ALWAYS have to show the *wounded* black feminine energy. I’d prefer to see HEALED aspects of black feminine energy, but I appreciate your breakdown 🙏🏾🩵

[@RoarAng8L]

💛🙏🏾

[@casandranealy1014]

Wow, this breakdown was beautiful.

[@kei-anna]

You did your big one with this explanation!

[@daniellescott477]

I have read this book & watched the movie and never even connected the colors with the Chakras. I'm gone work on them daily. Also very telling of where I was in life spiritually physically and financially at that time the movie was released😊❤vi😮.😊 Thank you for the breakdown seriously on thexway home to watch again. Ty fir thePoem at the end.

[@yarnisehines3459]

Thank you thank you thank you 🧿🙏🏾

[@Courageous_Conversations]

Now this one of the most insightful things I have heard and seen in a long time!❤

[@najwa777]

This was an excellent breakdown!!

[@dopeahhdani]

Wow! One of my favs. Never looked at it this way . Going to rewatch now

[@dollypalmer6086]

👑👍🏽❤️BEAUTIFUL QUEEN PO💯👍🏽👑

[@yvettel4553]

Wow, thank you so much for this perspective. I can’t wait to rewatch the movie.🦋❤

[@weirdsistah]

Wow... I never thought about it like this. But, since it was broken down in this perspective, I see and understand this movie even more. It's heavy and something I can't watch too often; however, it's a good adaptation nonetheless. I've come across the book a long time ago but I never read it. I don't think I was mentally mature enough to understand the subject matter at the time. Great analysis, Queen! 👑

[@Ms._IE]

🧡🧡🧡

[@OhButYhuCantBeatMe]

WOAHHHH now i have to rewatch it thank you so much!

[@WarriorByNature]

Peace and blessings Queen, thank you for your service to our community

[@OshunGoddess-g5s]

Love how you broke that down ❤

[@blndfinch]

Interesting perspective

[@cassandralewis8137]

I have to this again now because I only watched it once or twice since I seen it came out at the movies

[@nashyrashanicee]

Amazing breakdown! I always found this movie interesting as a young girl, but never understood it in its entirety. Definitely will rewatch this movie now.

[@aclark7862]

WoW- I love the way you broke that down, thank you for sharing this 🤍🤍🤍🤍

[@BlackFairy-zk7wl]

Also I am thinking about how the lady on purple got pregnant then had an abortion. Her mother oppressed her , she created a baby since she didnt know about sex, then destroyed her creation . Crown chakra - Creator energy .

[@chinaransom-po1ie]

This was so needed for me ,such a beautiful explanation thank yu so much queen

[@quentasiaballard9995]

Queeeen!!! 🤯🤯🤯

[@Naomi_IyanifaDosumu]

I did not know this! Makes sense though.

[@Sy-8888]

Wow.

[@brandiewilliams8707]

That movie was so good and still is Initially, I couldn't watch it a 2nd time it was so heavy for me. But given this perspective ill definitely watch it again

[@Divine__Hala]

Wow this was such a good view of this I’m gonna have to watch it again with this insight. & the cast I mean they played them parts like nobody else prob could have!

[@Pristineroses]

I don’t know if I’m going to rewatch it Queen, that is a heavy film for me! Now I know why, I probably have to get my chakras aligned.

[@khensuahabuhetepre1372]

Deep

[@crownarealone]

I never liked this movie because it was so full of trauma and triggered me badly the two times I watched the film but this definitely gives me a new perspective on the film.

[@L_Realistic]

❤

[@higherrealms5309]

Excellent breakdown. I still have ZERO desire to see that movie, as Tyler Perry’s struggle themes are just too exhausting for me, but u snapped on this breakdown tho 💯

[@Eye_Am_Divine_33]

I went to see this at the movies the day it came out. When the scene of the man throwing the babies out the window came on, I literally screamed and cried 😢 that energy just came out of me like if it was happening to me! My sister had to console me.. You could hear a pin drop after that scene 😩 Edit: So, I didn’t watch finish the video before commenting and I was wondering where was Kimberly and what chakra was she a representation of.. my chest just caved in when you gave her description because I literally boo hooed like that was happening to me and it did! I was her! Although my ex husband didn’t unalive our/my children, he did everything else! And what is so trippy is, that the day it came out was the day we became partners.. Wow talk about a revelation 😮 safe to say I’ve been divorced now for a year and doing better and better ❤

[@EmpressLeshe]

✨💛

[@IamtheHighPriestess]

🫰🏽🫰🏽🫰🏽…🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@tanyagamble1408]

Love this interpretation. But a question that I have (even though she is a secondary character) is who or what chakra would macy grey's character represent? Just the manifestion of the wounded feminine?

[@Raven.and.Eggs999]

This just blew my mind like did I even watch the movie 😮😂smh

[@me21464]

That’s right! Know history! Tyler Perry ain’t created that!!

[@Inunity2020]

Didn’t know this interesting

[@isabellableu97]

*I, MUST READ THE BOOK..* &, *I, MUST WATCH IT AGAIN..* WITH, MY 👀 &, 🤍 WIDE OPEN.. CAUSE, WHY IN THE HELL NOT‼️✨🧘🏼‍♀️🍃💚🪷🥳🔥☺️😁

[@The90sanimevault]

😅😂😂😂 girl, why when your dog came in the screen, i thought you had grabbed a wig.. 😂😂

[@anavahshira2777]

🫰🏾🫰🏾🫰🏾🫰🏾🫰🏾🫰🏾🫰🏾✨✨

[@Ashley-rl7db]

You have a new subscriber sista

[@OrganicSistah]

Yeah I'll never watch this movie again. I'm still not over what that man did to those kids. Way too triggering!

[@silverestsky]

White also represents the masculine

[@teresaautreyexperience]

I read the book in high school 1991 and performed sections in drama competitions. One of my fave pieces of literature. I never watched Tyler Perry movie(s). Not a good representation of black people. Movies are forever and people around the world take them for truth. I can't relate to any of his movies that he has written .

[@BigBusiness02]

Loved the original. Hated the movie just like most Tyler Perry movies smh. I'm convinced that man hates black women 😭. He added so much unnecessary trauma that wasn't in the original version and wasn't necessary to get the point across.

[@Hippie_faithe]

Wow, I just checked this book out at my local library. 🙏🏾 I’m going to read it and then watch the movie through the spiritual lens. Asé Queen Po. 🩵✨

[@entertainme2009]

Superb Review! Now o have to re-read and re-watch as indigo! 🫶🏽