My movie club went to "The Help" today......

[a kennedy]

LOVED IT. I gave it 3 starts out of 5 and I'm not that good at giving out stars.....

[a kennedy]

1. you loved it??

hope others did too.....

[a kennedy]

2. I guess this thread is sinking like a rock....

:patriot:

[murielm99]

3. kick

[Little Star]

4. The book was fantastic! I'm going to the movie on Monday.

Plus, Oprah liked it enough to put it in her book club where it received great acclaim.

[chimpymustgo]

5. Uhhgg. Please consider "THe Help" through the lens of history. Listen to Melissa

Harris Perry on Lawrence O'Donnell:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/melissa-harris-perry-breaks-down-the-help-ahistorical-and-deeply-troubling/

And understand how this story is twisted and even dangerous.


http://www.artscriticatl.com/2011/08/film-review-the-he... /

http://phillisremastered.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/choco... /

http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/feature/2011/...

[frogmarch]

6. Read the response

to the Arts Critic ATL article by the poster "Red and white and black all over" (#28) for a different POV.

[chimpymustgo]

7. Read it - completely misses the historical points being made. And the characters are all pretty one

dimensional with no driving motivation behind their actions - other than Skeeter - who wants to get published. Starting with the maid - they NEVER would have risked their livelihoods - and lives - to tell these clearly identifiable stories. Stockett has no clue about the dangers the real maids faced merely to exist.

Did you watch Melissa Harris Perry?

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/melissa-harris-perry-breaks-down-the-help-ahistorical-and-deeply-troubling/

Or read Salon?

http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/feature/2011/08/12/why_hollywood_keeps_white_washing_the_past

or:

http://phillisremastered.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/chocolate-breast-milk-a-review-of-the-help/

I can understand many whites - and blacks - falling for the false sentimentality and propagandish whitewash of the horrors that were so very real for blacks in that era. Don't be afraid to listen to voices trying to enlighten.