Well I finally got to see the Help. And I was really impressed, of course I was so happy to see how they worked Leslie Jordan ( Brother Boy ) into this. I never thought of the editor of the paper the way the casting director did, but I am really glad he did. I am also glad that it was not turned into a light hearted comedy or a horrible tragedy. But the story was told as the truly serious story it is. And yet the characters saw humor in there sometimes tragic lives. I also liked the NEW ending with Skeeters Mother turning a corner in her own understanding of the tragedy of theses black women’s lives. I wanted this Mother to turn out to be good. I didn’t dislike her the way I did the same character in the book. Although I liked Abeline, I loved Minnie, her eyes popping out of her head, I thought she was a perfect choice for the character. Another was Miss Celia Foot I loved her ,especially in the red dress. The reaction of every woman at the event no matter her color was wonderful. And of course Sissy Spacek was a brilliant choice. While I was reading the book (actually listening) on my AM walks, I began to feel a real lack of knowledge of this world . Hell I lived in Kalamazoo, although my Mother knew lots of colored people, I really didn’t. She even had two friends with black husbands. Something that even in Kalamazoo was very unusual. I went to school where there were none, and I was in school long before bussing. There were only 2 or 3 black kids in my whole school career. I began to think. I have no idea how my Grandmother thought about black people or if she even knew any. I wonder how my Great-grandmother thought about them, and if she ever came in contact with any. Did these women ever give a thought to these people who lived across town? An entire world away, I loved these women, so I want them to have been sweet and caring all the way to there core. I hope they were not like horrible woman at the dining table toward the end of the movie, it would be hard to imagine either of them being like that , but then her grandson probably loved her too……..
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