Posted on Sat, Aug 13, 2011 : 2:20 p.m.
'The Help' a remarkably successful look at race, class and gender
By AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
The Help
Now showing at Quality 16, Rave, Brighton
Review by Corey Hall of the Metro Times
Grade: B
Set in the early '60s, when sleepy Mississippi was just waking up to the nation's festering civil rights struggle, "The Help" carefully measures out the comfortable distance from which to judge the past and to make us feel better about ourselves. It hardly seems far enough; the naked bigotry shown here is so pronounced it's almost like science fiction, but while wading hip-deep into the murky waters of race, gender and class politics the film stays funny, warm and engaging, where it easily could've become a mess. This is a minor miracle, as the movie is awash in soapy sidelines; there's enough senility, cancer and miscarriages to fill a season of "General Hospital."
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Comments
BhavanaJagat
Sun, Aug 14, 2011 : 3:48 p.m.
I am not impressed. This movie is historical fiction. Our understanding of race, color, and gender must change. We must not perpetuate the old views and attitudes associated with lack of scientific information. We live in times when the heart of a black man could be transplanted into the body of a white man, or the kidney of a white man may work fine inside the body of a black man. The issue of identity and individuality must be defined in terms that the human organism uses to define its existence. In the multicellular human organism, how do these cells know and recognize each other and function to serve the interests of the whole organism whom we perceive as the Individual representing those cells?
Carole
Sun, Aug 14, 2011 : 12:25 p.m.
I truly hope that the movie is as good as the book. Plan on seeing it next week.