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“Straw” Ending, Explained: What Happens to Janiyah - MSN“Janiyah did scare me a lot…,” Henson told PEOPLE ahead of the movie's release. “I was drawn to this character because I love giving a voice to the voiceless.
Sherri Shepherd also stars in this feature about a single mother who gets caught up in a robbery scheme while caring for her sick daughter.
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The Root on MSNBlack TikTok Has Theories on Whether Taraji’s Daughter in ‘Straw’ Was Dead the Whole TimeA very interesting theory about the major plot twist of the film is now being widely dissected and we've just got to discuss ...
Janiyah Wiltkinson (Taraji P. Henson) is a single mother working two jobs, and struggling to provide for her young daughter, Aria, who is sick and has seizures.
Flashbacks from Janiyah’s day play out, and viewers learn that she subconsciously suppressed the fact that her daughter died and was living the day as if Aria was still alive.
Now, right off the bat, that's a lot to digest. But hey, I understood the purpose of all the chaos was to build up the narrative that Janiyah had faced so much over the course of 24 hours that she ...
However, after watching the movie over again, many Black folks on TikTok now believe that Janiyah's daughter may have been all along--meaning from birth--and that she never existed in the first place.
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