2015 · drama · comedy · musical
Chi-Raq (2015)
Directed by Spike Lee2h 7m2015
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
Our read: Chi-Raq (2015) (2015) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive drama · comedy · musical entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
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