DyshApp: A man possessed by the spirit of road rage pulls a dangerous manoeuvre on frazzled, struggling mother, Janiyah (Taraji P. Henson), after she absent-mindedly cuts him off in traffic. She is too focused on heading to the bank, and then to her daughter’s school, to make overdue payments with money she doesn’t have.
Once her car stops spinning, the man is gone, but her engine won’t start. The kind of rain that only Hollywood can produce pours down.
Out of the unforgiving gray abyss, a female police officer approaches. Janiyah counts her lucky stars. Finally, after a morning stacked with unkind customers and a dictatorial boss, someone is ready to hear her side of the story.
But the enraged man reappears next to the uniformed officer. “You didn’t know I was a cop, did you?” he spits at Janiyah. “Make her suffer,” the angry man demands of the officer.
It’s safe to say this is probably the worst day of Janiyah’s life.
She is a single parent living in an apartment, the rent for which she cannot afford. This robs her of her agency, from making big life decisions to complaining to the landlord that her upstairs neighbour won’t stop blasting Ice Cube’s “It Was a Good Day”.
For those familiar with filmmaker Tyler Perry, Straw may come as a surprise. The prolific multi-hyphenate pumps out Adam Sandler-esque slapstick comedies almost yearly. They often operate on such silly premises that they make network sitcoms look like War and Peace.
People love ’em.
Ultimately, the joy of Straw is seeing how Perry ups the ante in his warped, hyper-tense world.
Suffice it to say, “It Was a Good Day” has no place there.
How can someone be doing buying and selling, These politicians go school at all? And we are here glorifying itiboribo, How did man take get post sef? Why not just spoke English jeje ? Imagine Peter obi was somewhere in Asia *doing* buying and selling.... Our graduates sidon here foolishly begging for #50 indomie why illiterates are in power. Presidential spokesperson don spoke
othermen: A comment can be 10 characters and still hold more value than one with 50. But if you're here reading and wondering what's wrong with this platform, it's now the mindless moderation.
richmond500: Israel cannot destroy Iran. Did u see the videos of Iran air defence? It was intercepting Israel while Israel air defence were overwhelmed by Iranian missiles
U guys know nothing. Iran has no air defence, do ur findings properly, u all say what u wish here because u have free data
BIZNess123: War is not by Cho Cho Cho...even Japan defeated US..us had to save face using nuclear weapon. Else us would have been disgrace
How many wars have u witnessed, When did Japan defeat USA? Una go just dey talk wetin una no know, when u watch a movie of USA and Japan war, u will think that's how it truly happened, stop watch movie, go buy history book
Kushites: In other words, you support the unprovoked air strikes against Iran that killed innocent women and children, right when Iran was discussing a peace deal with the US.
Your smiley emojis cannot disguise the fact that your morals are in the gutter.
This show u are a Muslim, And all the ones Iran has been doing , u are blind to it? Israel and Palestine war no concern Iran but Dem carry Dem self put there, Saudi no put mouth , Egypt no put mouth , Iraq no put mouth, oman no put mouth, Tell me wetin concern Iran, It's only missile they have, Israel has fighter jets that can finish Iran in 2sec, They don't share boarder, but Israel has fighter jets and Iran doesn't
id4sho: Not enough original content Please take a moment to write a quality post with at least 40 characters. This will make the forum more interesting for everyone.
ALTERNATEID: Peter Obi is the most shameless liar in Nigeria’s political landscape. He’s so dull, uninspiring and extremely desperate for power and relevance.
The last time I said this about tinubu, a yoruba mod banned me here, u people always dish what u can't take
The rats that lives in my home roof don cut the pumping machine wire inside the roof top, we all have our problems, Solve urs abeg, make I go find electrician