A review by readereaterr
Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays: The Drinking Gourd/What Use Are Flowers? by Lorraine Hansberry
4.0
*Les Blancs
5th star is retained due to the story not completely being Hansberry’s. I have something against creative work being released posthumously. I receive it as exploitation. Being that I’ve read the play, I appreciate it. It’s powerful and profound, but unfortunately suffers at the tail end due to what can only be intervention by Nemiroff to pull together the intended ending. It begs the question of what the play would look like if Hansberry was able to finish it. A far better written ending is undeniable in this imagined reality.
5th star is retained due to the story not completely being Hansberry’s. I have something against creative work being released posthumously. I receive it as exploitation. Being that I’ve read the play, I appreciate it. It’s powerful and profound, but unfortunately suffers at the tail end due to what can only be intervention by Nemiroff to pull together the intended ending. It begs the question of what the play would look like if Hansberry was able to finish it. A far better written ending is undeniable in this imagined reality.