The Help

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[Wat_Tyler]

Louise . . . wherever you are, I hope it's wonderful.

 

[blunt_trauma]

it's crazy to think this is within living memory...

great film though. i think it was the best of the year.

 

[Lorilei]

Minnie passed away a few years ago.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

The only black people we had were farmers...



They used mules.

 

[evesdream]

I find it condescending and implausible, but I can see why it's popular.

 

[KRCummings]

The movie was ok. They messed around with the timeline of the book and the major incident in the movie (the pie) was actually kind of small in the book. They also changed the story a bit with Celia and her husband.
That's not always a big deal but I couldn't figure out why they did those things. Didn't seem to be a need for it.
Overall is was ok though.

 

[Fuckette]

I find it condescending and implausible, but I can see why it's popular.

i avoided it

 

[Fuckette]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519HVWJP6WL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

 

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[Fuckette]

Normally that's the best way. Avoid learning and knowing what times were really like.
This actually was a tribute to those women.

I know what it's like in 2012.

 

[GracefullyYours]

I find it condescending and implausible, but I can see why it's popular.

It's not implausible if you're from the southeastern USA - condescending or not, it's a part of our past.

Normally that's the best way. Avoid learning and knowing what times were really like.

This actually was a tribute to those women.

Yep.

I know what it's like in 2012.

Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

 

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[Fuckette]

It's not implausible if you're from the southeastern USA - condescending or not, it's a part of our past.



Yep.



Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

go back to your trailer

 

[GracefullyYours]

go back to your trailer

The only trailer I have is the one under my boat. Get bent.

 

[trysail]

My first and only exposure to black folk until the age of twelve was Bernice and Eunice and Jim.


Bernice told me I'd eventually like girls. I didn't believe her at the time.


God rest their souls.

 

[Bidin~Time]

I enjoyed the book. I thought it was a very sly social commentary of the time. Will I enjoy the movie?

 

[Cheyenne]

I enjoyed the book. I thought it was a very sly social commentary of the time. Will I enjoy the movie?

I didn't read the book but I saw the movie.

It made me more than slightly uncomfortable. But then, I'm a northern girl and never lived in an area where "help" was normal.

 

[RoryN]

The only trailer I have is the one under my boat. Get bent.

LOL - ouch.

 

[Fuckette]

http://extendplay.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/tumblr_l7q43qkuu11qzzl73.jpg

 

[Bidin~Time]

I didn't read the book but I saw the movie.

It made me more than slightly uncomfortable. But then, I'm a northern girl and never lived in an area where "help" was normal.

There were many places in the book that made me uncomfortable; but I think that was the point of the book.

 

[evesdream]

It's not implausible if you're from the southeastern USA - condescending or not, it's a part of our past.



Yep.



Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

Totally and if Michelle Obama really is "like all of the other black women in government housing", maybe you could hire her to help with the daily chores on your boat.

 

[Fuckette]

LOL - ouch.

it was funnier before the edit

 

[evesdream]

Normally that's the best way. Avoid learning and knowing what times were really like.

This actually was a tribute to those women.

A tribute to who again?

It's not implausible if you're from the southeastern USA - condescending or not, it's a part of our past.
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

My girlfriend's mom lived in Jackson Mississippi in the '60s. She saw The Help and said it was improbable because there is no way the white community would have let those women get away with the things they did. "People were beaten or killed for far less," she said. She seemed to feel confused that the story did not show the extreme danger those women were in. She felt the inaccurate portrayal was disrespectful of the civil rights movement. Clearly her mother's history and experience influenced her opinion of the story.

There were many places in the book that made me uncomfortable; but I think that was the point of the book.

I didn't read the book, but I heard that it was laced with a lot more menace and fear. It was confusing when the trailer for the movie looked so fun and harmless.

 

[blunt_trauma]

My girlfriend's mom lived in Jackson Mississippi in the '60s. She saw The Help and said it was improbable because there is no way the white community would have let those women get away with the things they did. "People were beaten or killed for far less," she said. She seemed to feel confused that the story did not show the extreme danger those women were in. She felt the inaccurate portrayal was disrespectful of the civil rights movement. Clearly her mother's history and experience influenced her opinion of the story.

they showed fear and there was a death.
there was a scene with a woman being mistreated by police.
one running home in fear, bloodied knees.
i think they understated but it was there and it was obvious.
the audience knew the character's risk.
they made it a matter of fact and everyday thing, as it was.