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Jason's Lyric (1994)
Rate:
9
Viewed:
6/23, 2/25
6/23:
Jason's Lyric continues to be overlooked.
It's a unique, powerful Southern Gothic picture with strong performances by Allen Payne, Jada Pinkett Smith,
Bokeem Woodbine, Lisa Nicole Carson, and Anthony "Treach" Criss. Bokeem Woodbine was certainly robbed of an Oscar
nomination. Forest Whitaker does a good job of getting the ball to roll which will lead to a surprise twist.
At first, Jason's Lyric may be seem like an ordinary yet sexually charged love story, but it keeps getting
better and better because of the compelling thread between two brothers. Although Joshua was
inevitably going down the wrong path and couldn't be helped, the ending is still a shocker.
Another tragedy is that after the film was completed, the director named his newborn daughter Lyric, but she died of
an overdose of cocaine, alcohol, and heroin in 2018 at the age of 26. By the way, if you heard the word "ward,"
Houston was actually divided into four and then later six wards for political purposes. The fourth housed
freed slaves while downtown Houston is currently in the first. The labels are no longer in use, but some residents
still refer to the old system. Where the movie takes place is the Third Ward. Sadly, the bridge for the railroad
where Allen and Jada were on isn't there anymore.
All in all, you should ignore the negative reviews for Jason's Lyric because it's an outstanding movie.
2/25:
Jason's Lyric is an exceedingly well-made motion picture that's about tragedies.