The Six Triple Eight, by Tyler Perry | Exceptional women

This new proposal from Tyler Perry (director and actor of the Madea franchise) has the aura of a grandiose film, which can make the viewer experience strong emotions, in addition to informing them about a slice of history forgotten or unknown to many .

Women of color were drafted during World War II to aid American forces. In 1945, the 6888^e battalion (nicknamed Six Triple Eight), led by Major Charity Adams (Kerry Washington), was tasked with managing the long delay in mail delivery between the soldiers and their families, in order to revive the morale of the troops and the population. Despite the obstacles, they accomplished, better than expected, what we thought they were incapable of doing.

However, some shortcomings in the film interfere with the story, which is fascinating. The first part, although it allows us to establish the common thread that we will trace throughout, extends a little too much. The game of Ebony Obsidian, who plays one of the central roles (Lena Derricott, officer of 6888^e battalion), is not the most captivating… or rather, the direction of the actors is not of a high level and his presence on the screen is on occasion much less convincing than that of his partners.

Actress Shanice Shantay, also in the role of a member of the battalion, is brilliant. Just like Milauna Jackson (Captain Campbell, Major’s closest ally), and a certain Susan Sarandon, very charismatic in the role of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Heroine actress

A comedy director can definitely try drama. Few things on Tyler Perry’s resume look like The Six Triple Eight. The flaws in the scenario mainly concern the elements linked to fiction, attempting to sugarcoat History. It was necessary, but this fiction was brought about with a certain clumsiness at times.

Perry ultimately does quite well, the film has nothing unpleasant and teaches us a lot. But, above all, it is saved by its lead actress, Kerry Washington, who shines in the role of Major Adams, a heroine whose name few know, but whose actions had a big impact.

Unfortunately, in two hours of viewing, we end up feeling the heaviness of having seen too much of what these women suffered rather than what they managed to accomplish. Of course, it is important to highlight the courage they had. But their success takes up too little space, even though we point out at the end of the film that the army did not honor the importance of their work well enough.

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