Raisin in the Sun

Not a review, just a question about the title. "Raisin in the Sun" doesn't make sense to me. A raisin, by its nature, is a dried grape. Its already spent it's time in the sun (or some other heat source) and it's about as shriveled as it will likely get. Putting a raisin in the sun will heat it, but not really affect it much at that point.

Now a GRAPE in the sun will get burned and shriveled, no doubt. It would become a raisin. Wouldn't that have more emotional impact?

Sorry, but I could never watch this this movie without this question running over and over in my mind. Discuss

Oops - where's Mewa with his "white people" line?

Hey, we're curious and nerdy smartasses. It wasnt black people who came up with Mythbusters and Jeopardy,you know.

What does this thread refer to?

The title comes from a poem by Langston Hughes titled "Harlem"

I don't know why he would use a raisin though.

<mewa>
only white folk say 'people', fuhgeddaboutit!
</mewa>

that managed to get published

i was doing better poetry when i was 5

Just you wait until Al Sharpton hears about this!

He's gonna call down the thunder!

^wouldn't he then be a raisin in the rain?

I have to say, that sounds an awful lot like the sort of poetry Rik used to write in The Young Ones...

Would that turn him back into a grape?

a sour one, to be sure.

I thought it was another oldfella rant about Hugh Hefner

Other than the "raisin" line, it's a great poem IMO.
Anywho, I was referring to the play/movie "Raisin in the Sun." I never knew it was a poem, also.