I saw this yesterday (for the 1st time),.... and it immediately brought to mind Gloria Naylor's writing, who'm I've discussed on this site before.....very similar stories. Does anyone here wanna discuss it?

Did you cry? I bawled.

Spielberg has not worked with blacks since.

NinaB said:

Empress said:

2freaky4church1 said:

Did you cry? I bawled.

Spielberg has not worked with blacks since.

Actually no, I didn't bawl - I was more like, *numb* - watching in shock and horror at everything unfolding before me on the screen!!....... I just couldn't react to it! I had to actually watch the exploits of a paedophile for so long.....!!

As a side note - it was strange to see Whoopi Goldberg so young! - another movie of hers I greatly like is Corrina Corrina, and there she's much older....

And Oprah Winfrey too!

It's strange how Spielberg made this movie - how come this movie was not made by a black movie maker?? It seems *compulsory*.....

Btw, did anyone see "BFG"? How is it?

NinaB said:

2freaky4church1 said:

Did you cry? I bawled.

Spielberg has not worked with blacks since.

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Empress said:

I have seen The Color Purple so many times, I believe I know the entire script by heart. Absolutely, my favorite drama of all time.

domainator2010 said:

kitbradley said:

I have seen The Color Purple so many times, I believe I know the entire script by heart. Absolutely, my favorite drama of all time.

If you haven't already, you should read the book. The writing is beautiful.

Empress said:

kitbradley said:

I have seen The Color Purple so many times, I believe I know the entire script by heart. Absolutely, my favorite drama of all time.

If you haven't already, you should read the book. The writing is beautiful.

I love the book and the film 5 out of 5

First saw this at the age of 9 on network TV one lonely, friendless night. Cried when Celie found her letters and still do.

This is one of those movies that stops me and I have to sit and watch whenever it comes on.

I was reading up on this history of the making of it and watching a tv bio on Alice Walker(very interesting woman) and she seemed to have gotten a lot of resistance when this came out.

I read the book and saw the movie when it first released in theatres. The theatre was packed, and a black woman sitting in front of me bawled like baby when Mister dragged Nettie out of the house and threw her in the road. It must have hit home for her or some thing because she just lost it.

It is one of my favorite movies, too and I watch it every time it comes on TV. I've seen it at least ten times or more. The book is excellent also.

Watched it again for the first time in years - just so sad and bleak. It is still good, but an upsetting movie to watch. The acting is incredible, Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and a newcomer called Oprah Winfrey, almost hard to believe Sophia was to be the first billionaire African American woman and a mass media mogul.

Empress said:

kitbradley said:

I have seen The Color Purple so many times, I believe I know the entire script by heart. Absolutely, my favorite drama of all time.

If you haven't already, you should read the book. The writing is beautiful.

Yes, I read the book when I was in high school, a couple of years after the movie came out. I loved it. I was surprised that, in the book, Miss Celie and Albert actually became friends after she left.

OldFriends4Sale said:

This is one of those movies that stops me and I have to sit and watch whenever it comes on.

I was reading up on this history of the making of it and watching a tv bio on Alice Walker(very interesting woman) and she seemed to have gotten a lot of resistance when this came out.

Yes. I remember Spike Lee being one of the most vocal people panning the movie, complaining about the fact Spielberg was the director and how it portrayed black men in such a negative light. Alice Walker explained this was not about portraying black men in any light. It was the story of one woman.

Interesting fact Tina Turner, Chaka Khan and Patti LaBelle were all offerred the role of Shug Avery but all of them turned it down. Phyllis Hyman accepted and they actually started filming with her but she was soon fired for being too difficult. So they hired a professional actress, Margaret Avery, and she lip-synched to Tata Vega's vocals.

If you're interested, read The Same River Twice. Very insightful.

kitbradley said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

This is one of those movies that stops me and I have to sit and watch whenever it comes on.

I was reading up on this history of the making of it and watching a tv bio on Alice Walker(very interesting woman) and she seemed to have gotten a lot of resistance when this came out.

Yes. I remember Spike Lee being one of the most vocal people panning the movie, complaining about the fact Spielberg was the director and how it portrayed black men in such a negative light. Alice Walker explained this was not about portraying black men in any light. It was the story of one woman.

Interesting fact Tina Turner, Chaka Khan and Patti LaBelle were all offerred the role of Shug Avery but all of them turned it down. Phyllis Hyman accepted and they actually started filming with her but she was soon fired for being too difficult. So they hired a professional actress, Margaret Avery, and she lip-synched to Tata Vega's vocals.

Tina Turner would have been wonderful, I could see her as Shug, but I feel the abuse themes of the movie (Okay Shug was never Abused but Celie was) may have been too much for her as her revival was just starting and memories of Ike may have been fresh in her mind.

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Plus she was kicking ass playing Aunty Entity at the time in Mad Max 3, she is awesome in that.

Empress said:

If you're interested, read The Same River Twice. Very insightful.

Which author? I looked it up on Amazon, and there are several books with the same title but by different authors. Are you talking about Alice Walker's edition?

CharlieGriffin said:

domainator2010 said:

I saw this yesterday (for the 1st time),.... and it immediately brought to mind Gloria Naylor's writing, who'm I've discussed on this site before.....very similar stories. Does anyone here wanna discuss it?

You know, I've never seen Titanic...You have given me that extra push to watch it for the first time but I'm not making promises (Leonardo is my Dawg).....I've seen The Color Purple well over a million times...I think my favorite scene is when Suge Avery is singing at the Juke-Joint on a Sunday afternoon, then she hears the Church choir and she takes off singing down the road....The Holy Spirit took-hold of her Soul and she had to confront her Father on HIS turf...Powerful...

Another great film about black women suffering through heartache and hardship is "The Women of Brewster Place." Try to get the VHS version becasue the DVD is missing some good scenes. VHS is the original TV production.