tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425569396822162863.post6990850426937729630..comments2023-10-20T07:30:04.850-04:00Comments on Stars Like Grains of Sand in my Pocket: AM I THINKING TOO DEEPLY?Big Mark 243http://www.blogger.com/profile/10974573439218884164noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425569396822162863.post-5022324756781163242011-10-07T13:43:40.750-04:002011-10-07T13:43:40.750-04:00The question I like to ask about "The Help&qu...The question I like to ask about "The Help" is how we might have felt about the very same movie written and directed by an African-American. Or, by definition, would it have been very different?<br />How would we judge, for example, Tyler Perry's films if he was a white director? Would the same characters suddenly seem offensively stereotypical?<br />I don't know. But as a gay person who has many of the same concerns about the depiction of gays in movies, i finally tend to judge the work, period. There were some choices in Brokeback Mountain that really bugged me, but why did this couple have to "represent" gay men? Couldn't they just own their own particular stories? (Invented by a straight woman, directed by a gay man)<br />I thought "The Help" was a little bit formulaic and broad-stroked, but so what? It wasn't trying to be particularly high-brow - it was trying to bring to life a bestseller that was a sharp idea for a first-time writer seeking success to come up with. Why burden it with the task of conveying a very complex history in one film? I think many of its harshest critics secretly wish they'd come up with the same idea. Take it from a writer.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173711110500689117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425569396822162863.post-40346015702401012932011-10-07T12:39:33.766-04:002011-10-07T12:39:33.766-04:00I'm with you on the well-meaning people doing ...I'm with you on the well-meaning people doing the crappiest things at times. But I also think sometimes they weren't THAT well-meaning, either. I believe some people suffer from I REALLY WANT TO LOOK LIKE A GOOD PERSON BUT KEEP ALL THE TOYS FOR ME, TOO.<br />~Mary<br />ps I think too much too, so I am not going to cast that stone(except in times I feel you are really hurting yourself with all the thinking).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425569396822162863.post-44452015676332742292011-10-07T09:18:34.636-04:002011-10-07T09:18:34.636-04:00Interesting. I like your thinking around this. A ...Interesting. I like your thinking around this. A real intellectual work out.<br /><br />I am a fan of Viola Davis. I trust that she would not play a character if it demoralized her, or misrepresented her convictions. I have not seen the movie, but I might when it makes it way to the small screen. <br /><br />I am not moved by critics or reviews. I follow my own heart and instincts. I have in the past saw a film and gone back to read reviews but that's about it. I do my own due diligence. Besides, I am catching up films I missed that were release eons ago! LOL!<br /><br />So no I do not think you are thinking too deeply. I suspect that's just how you are about most things. If anything, I think perhaps you have to pick and choose what you want to intellectually delve into. I mean this kind of analysis would be overkill say if you were trying to decide toilet paper, or laundry detergent. But who knows maybe that's what you need to do in order to be and feel intellectually satisfied.Babz Rawls Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059921674059371076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425569396822162863.post-35006755066305896152011-10-07T07:53:28.245-04:002011-10-07T07:53:28.245-04:00If the final product (a movie, novel, piece of art...If the final product (a movie, novel, piece of art) is good and I enjoy it, I may not care that the creator wasn't flawless in their methods/motives.Toonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867993460493875221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425569396822162863.post-81077394816743834432011-10-07T00:38:08.100-04:002011-10-07T00:38:08.100-04:00I think I get what you are saying about The Help, ...I think I get what you are saying about The Help, Mark. I haven't seen it, but had heard good things about it; yet unless I guess you were a maid/help in that environment or knew of someone that was, we really wouldn't know how close the movie was to real life or how much they glamorized the story to make it one that would sell. <br /><br />Wow, time is marching on with your semester!! Seems like you were just starting it!!<br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425569396822162863.post-48575618917505134812011-10-06T22:54:34.143-04:002011-10-06T22:54:34.143-04:00Don't know much about The Help.
Hard to belie...Don't know much about The Help.<br /><br />Hard to believe half way through the semester already, it will be over before you know it.Ken Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425810816600512504noreply@blogger.com