The Between the World and Me Production was a staged reenactment of the book by Tahnesi Coates. When reading the book, I was bored. However, the production brought a new perspective and shed a different life of the story. The set, the music, the background, and the speakers all made the book what it lacked to be to me — captivating. The story in itself was interesting but my disfavor towards reading hindered me from being able to actually absorb everything that was written and be compelled by it. The production made up for that. I was able to learn and comprehend what I wasn’t able to whilst reading the book. My favorite part of the whole thing was the rap aspect. Listening to people talk as they did can be tedious especially when they are