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The Colour Purple and The Green Mile are my two favourite movies.
Celie was fabulous and Whoopie Goldberg is such a good actress. She hasn't been in any movies lately ...What happened to her??
posted by
Norwood
on July 23, 2008 at 2:54 AM
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I loved The Color Purple
because it expanded in my mind and experience the image of the heritage of being black in America. I have never thought that those characters were typical of all black people: as you say, it is universal. If it is about any particular group, it is very much about impoverished people, and what poverty makes people become until they take it on and defy it, and become what they can become.
It was a simply beautiful movie!
posted by
Ciel
on July 19, 2008 at 8:44 AM
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Y'know upon thinking further...I don't understand how anyone could
dislike that movie, because it's about it all coming good in the end for Celie.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on July 19, 2008 at 7:38 AM
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Re: "The Color Purple" does that to me, too. The story itself, and it boost
Pat, I very much see that lady's point, but think you're dead right and the film has to be embraced because of it. It is not a statement on people of color at all, not in my opinion, not any more than 'Angela's Ashes' is on Irish people, and believe you me, there were people furious over that when it came out. Claimed it was perpetuating the Irish stereotype, giving Limerick a bad name, and that nobody had ever had it that bad.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on July 19, 2008 at 7:31 AM
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"The Color Purple" does that to me, too. The story itself, and it boosted
the careers of all those actors, too. You never know what's going to catch the brass ring. A friend of mine got very angry when that film came out, said it humiliated people of color, made her entire race look bad. I told her the reason it was so good was that it's universal -- applies to humans of all cultures, but she still hated it. It's so good to read you again, Cringe. I'm happy that your girls are taking root and blooming -- but how could they help it with a Mom like you? :)pat
posted by
Pat_B
on July 19, 2008 at 6:48 AM
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Re: Cringe,
Thanks Azur, the week seesawed between better and worse, but I'm still standing, and relatively positive and productive at the better end of it.
Friday is always the better end.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on July 18, 2008 at 4:13 PM
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Re: I've just read your whole blog...
Thanks very much Ciel. It's funny because we were just considering buying a house (with my in-laws) in River Vale, but we found one somewhere else that needs less updates.
i don't know what's in store with Alex and career. We are considering that maybe he shouid return to school and go for teaching. He adores history, I mean, nerdily adores it and wants to teach it. However, that involves him being a lot less lazy with his written communication, so that's going to be a big hurdle to overcome, and also, it means that I'll be helping him out a lot.
I'm lucky in that I work locally, five minutes drive from where I live, so no commute.
Thank you for your welcome.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on July 18, 2008 at 4:11 PM
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I've just read your whole blog...
I am glad you've returned! You have a way with words, no doubt about it, and you write about your life in a way that is very engaging without being the least bit clammy with self-involvement, if you get my drift...
I lived in NJ from age 10 until I went off to college: River Vale, and high school in Montvale. I guess you are a bit further south than that, commuting into NYC through Hoboken.
If your husband's training does take you out to California--Well, you've practiced some with culture shock, and that will help! You can breathe deeper out west. Except around the big cities, LA, notably. But you can get there from there... Summers are hot and dryer than NJ--much too dry for some! But in other parts of the state, it is idyllic in summer, as elsewhere in the Pacific NW. The key is latitude and altitude. The scent of eucalyptus around the San Francisco Bay area and points south is one of the defining elements of California, like sage is, of Colorado. Winter brings rains to the Pacific Coast, the whole length of it, but especially northwards.
I am sitting here in Maryland, looking after my two grandsons for the next few days, then its back to the Seattle area next Wednesday.
I will visit Ireland one of these days, though I may have to bring a picnic lunch, to be able to afford to eat.
Thanks for coming to Blogit and opening your thoughts and experiences to us! And welcome to the US
posted by
Ciel
on July 18, 2008 at 5:30 AM
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Cringe,
Hope the world turns out in rainbow shades for you today
posted by
Azur
on July 13, 2008 at 1:59 PM
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