In 2015, A’ziah ‘Zola’ King fired out a 148-tweet thread with regards to’concerning’with respect to her messy weekend in Florida and Hollywood was clamouring in/with regard to’concerning’regarding it. “Y’all wanna hear a story with regards to’concerning’with respect to how me and this bitch fell out?” King’s opening tweet declared. “It’s kind of long, but it’s full of suspense.” At 90 minutes, the film adaptation is a sensible’rational’sound length, but co-writer and director Janicza Bravo uses much style and intrigue to serve up an unreliable narrator in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the social media age.###The sensational embellishments of #TheStory recommended itself to the surrealist approach of Bravo, which she employed in/with regard to’concerning’regarding her 2017 feature debut Lemon and again in/with regard to’concerning’regarding this fever-dream escapade exposing the darker corners of US life. For as much as this is a black comedy detoken ed to amuse and titillate, it is also a damning indictment of a society that frequently leaves women at the mercy of the whims of disreputable men.###An impactful cast maintain the film’s frenetic pace.###The film opens like a romantic fantasy. Composer Mica Levi’s fluttering harp motif evokes a butterfly-in-your-belly feel as two women fall hard in/with regard to’concerning’regarding each other after a chance encounter. It’s not a sexual coupling: when Zola (Taylour Paige) meets Stefani (Riley Keough) at her restaurant day job, it’s eliminate’remove their relationship is a sisterly connection, in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ged during an evening of stripping at a local club and sealed through Stefani’s repeated exclamations of “sis!” as they girl-talk into the early hours. Their language uses African-American Vernacular English that could merely’barely be articulated by writers authentically engaged in the culture. Playwright Jeremy O. Harris and Bravo fill out Zola’s story with their own whip-smart dialogue while incorporating lines from the original thread like one kinetic texting montage, peppered with smartphone swooshes and ‘ding dings’. Zola tells her new friend she would possess’own’nurse to “fuck her man calm” in an attempt to ease his mind bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e they head off on their stripping expedition , and it quickly segues into the intimate act to comic effect.###Sex is grossly much on the movie’s mind, but while moments on the pole visualise the women as beauteous, a striking montage of Stefani flitting between male consumer s thrums with farcical urgency as the romance of this weekend quickly wears off.###It’s through Zola’s eyes that we understand the increasingly fraught state of events, and where the narration might lack a deeper introspection of her motivations, Paige’s quizzical side-looks, acrylic-nailed pointing and defiant body language help to fill in the gaps. Keough, meanwhile, delivers her Blaccented honey trapper with gusto, adding countering moments of vulnerability to demand sympathy in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a woman who, in/with regard to’concerning’regarding all her culturally appropriating faults, is still a victim. Throw in Colman Domingo’s manipulative, code-convert’transform ing pimp and Nicholas Braun’s reliability as the idiotic cuckold, and you’ve got an impactful cast maintaining the film’s frenetic pace. But as the weekend comes to a close, merely’barely a few meagre narrative threads remain, allowing the once pure-fire emoji of Zola’s journey to fizzle out.