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Not a trope.
The film has an all-black and mostly female cast [[MediaNotes/DeggansRule but race is not the main focus of the story.]]
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* UsefulNotes/DeggansRule: The film has an all-black and mostly female cast but race is not the main focus of the story.
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The time period is ambiguous, the original play was written in 1975 which was just one year after Roe vs. Wade. Even after Roe legalized abortion federally, many states had restrictive laws in place that would make getting a safe abortion at a clinic difficult or impossible. To this day, women who can't afford in interstate travel have to get abortions from back-alley doctors in many parts of the country.
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* AnachronismStew: For some reason, even though the film came out in 2010 and has all the trappings of that era (it's definitely post-1981, since Jo gets HIV), Nyla still goes to an alcoholic BackAlleyDoctor to get an abortion, even though this was legal and could be had safely at a clinic.
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In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It: The only aversion in Tyler Perry's entire body of work.
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The play itself is called a "choreopoem," a collection of 20 poems starring seven different women, each referred to by a color. Each woman has a story to tell: from domestic violence, to abortion, and rape. In the end, the seven women come together for "a laying on of hands."
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The play itself is called a "choreopoem," "choreopoem", a collection of 20 poems starring seven different women, each referred to by a color. Each woman has a story to tell: from domestic violence, to abortion, and rape. In the end, the seven women come together for "a laying on of hands."
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* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: The film is the only {{aver|tedTrope}}sion in Creator/TylerPerry's entire body of work. Everything else he has written, produced, or directed includes "Tyler Perry's" before the title.
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* LongTitle: "For Colored Girls" is short for " for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf".
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** After the death of her two children and her failed suicide attempt, Gilda decides that upon the former returning to her now-empty apartment was a good time to scold her for not dumping her abusive boyfriend sooner.
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** After the death of her Crystal's two children and her failed suicide attempt, Gilda decides that upon the former her returning to her a now-empty apartment was a good time to scold her for not dumping her abusive boyfriend sooner.
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* EvilOldFolks: Tangie's grandfather is a devil of a man who forced his daughter into a relationship with an unknown man and sexually abused his granddaughter.
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A 1975 stage play by Ntozake Shange, ''For colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf'' eventually went on to become one of the most acclaimed works of African-American literature. In 2010, the film version, shortened to its first three words was released. Creator/TylerPerry wrote, directed and produced the film, which stars an AllStarCast of prominent African-American women.
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A 1975 stage play by Ntozake Shange, ''For ''for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf'' eventually went on to become one of the most acclaimed works of African-American literature. In 2010, the film version, shortened to its first three words was released. Creator/TylerPerry wrote, directed and produced the film, which stars an AllStarCast of prominent African-American women.
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A 1975 stage play by Ntozake Shange, ''For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf'' eventually went on to become one of the most acclaimed works of African-American literature. In 2010, the film version, shortened to its first three words was released. Creator/TylerPerry wrote, directed and produced the film, which stars an AllStarCast of prominent African-American women.
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A 1975 stage play by Ntozake Shange, ''For colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf'' eventually went on to become one of the most acclaimed works of African-American literature. In 2010, the film version, shortened to its first three words was released. Creator/TylerPerry wrote, directed and produced the film, which stars an AllStarCast of prominent African-American women.
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* SuicideByPills: [[spoiler:Crystal, after being catatonic, tries to kill herself with pills.]]
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* MixedAncestryIsAttractive: Nyla and Tangie are both mixed race, with a White father and Black mother. Their grandfather arranged this, since he considered [[ButNotTooBlack lighter skin more beautiful]].
