I have seen this movie a bunch of times and every time I see it I pick up something new. This movie is really about the American Dream and how there are bumps in the road getting there. SOME SPOILERS AHEAD Sidney Portier is riveting as the neer do well son. Ruby Dee play his wife. One thing I did not notice before is that the son is 35 years old. I always thought he was younger. To me that changes his character and the way I look at him. He is way too old to act the way he did. And I believe his mother babied him too much and made excuses for him. I wonder if that is also a lesson to be had. He has a wife who works like a dog a young son and a kid on the way and he acts like a teenager. He and the mother made me angry this time around. Another thing is the Diana Sands character, she is delightful. I think she was right in being very angry with her brother, I wanted to kill him. I loved her independence. It is a shame Diana Sands died so young, what a great loss. It was very interesting to see the neighborhood welcoming idiot. I know this happens, but I feel it is less subtle in real life. The real estate companies do all the dirty work for the white neighbors by not even showing black people houses in the white neighborhoods. The revival of the Broadway play with P Diddy has John Fieldler in it too I believe. This is a great movie to be seen by all.
Review of A Raisin in the Sun
