Reviews round-up
Colored Television
by Danzy Senna
4 of 4 critics positive
5 reviews: 4 positives; 1 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“a funny Hollywood takedown”
Is Hollywood exploiting race? There's no business like show business in Danzy Senna's takedown of identity politics
Positive
Read the review ↗“In This Fleet, Funny Novel, a Writer Makes Art and Sells Out in Hollywood”
In This Fleet, Funny Novel, a Writer Makes Art and Sells Out in Hollywood (Published 2024)
Positive
Read the review ↗“turns our racial obsessions into comedy”
‘Colored Television’ turns our racial obsessions into comedy
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“is an ungentle satire set in post-post-racial America”
'Colored Television' is an ungentle satire set in post-post-racial America
Verdicts are read from each outlet's own headline and summary; quotes are their words, credited and linked. Where a paywalled summary does not give the critic's view, we say so rather than guess. How it works.
