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The Color Purple: Alice Walker on Her Classic Novel, Speilbergs Film, and the Broadway Adaptation

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Alice Walker discusses the birth of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Steven Spielberg's big-screen version, and her thoughts on the musical adaptation.

Author: PaisleyPlace

Title: She truly is at ...

Comment: She truly is at that... This is one movie I loved from the 1st time I saw it to the umpteenth time I saw it & it never gets old. IMHO, I can't imagine this movie failing b/c it had an amazing cast of characters who worked in sync & w/absolute professionalism to bring the story to life. Definitely a GEM that will withstand the test of time whether it was 10yrs ago or 100yrs into the future - every part is exemplary.

Author: PaisleyPlace

Title: Your ignorance is ...

Comment: Your ignorance is showing again! I grew up w/a terrific young man who happened to be black. He adored his mother, as did I. He NEVER RESENTED HER! HE NEVER JOINED A FREAKIN' GANG EITHER B/C A RIVAL GANG WOULDN'T NEEDED KILL HIM B/C SHE WOULD'VE DONE IT 1ST! She raised him better! FYI: It takes a STRONGER WOMAN TO ABORT A CHILD SHE CAN'T FINANCIALLY SUPPORT & AN IDIOT TO HAVE A CHILD THAT WILL STARVE, GET HOOKED ON DRUGS, PIMPED OUT & BEATEN BY A SHITTY MAN W/NO RESPECT FOR HIMSELF OR OTHERS!

Author: PaisleyPlace

Title: My great- ...

Comment: My great-grandfathered shared stories on the Great Depression + the unfairness regarding voting rights all b/c he was full Cherokee & took an Arapaho bride. Black Americans could vote legally LONG B4 my ancestors could & my great-grandfather lived well into his late 90s so I knew him very well along w/stories of our ancestors passed thru generations; throwing pottery incl'g digging/mixing/firing in brick kiln & pit fire. I've had pieces shown in galleries b/c I still throw as taught in NAI way.

Author: PaisleyPlace

Title: College graduate my ...

Comment: College graduate my ASS! If you were a college graduate, you wouldn't constantly be asking others to give you answers b/c you don't know them! And yes, I do know what it was like back then. I grew up w/a great-grandfather & other elders in my family who knew a helluva lot more than u do & they only had a couple grades of education b/c they had to work the fields, keep the house, tend the animals & I'm from a Native American Indian family. My great-grandfather was in his late 90s when he died!

Author: PaisleyPlace

Title: If you would ...

Comment: If you would actually attend college, take a few sociology, US history that includes the history of women then you would know the answer to these questions. All you are doing is making the case that you haven't been to college & you have no education to speak of, including grade school b/c these are things taught in high school history classes in addition to college tho' college goes more into depth on the subject.

Author: PaisleyPlace

Title: YOU ARE SO FULL OF ...

Comment: YOU ARE SO FULL OF SHIT! Women ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE FAMILY! Over centuries, women have kept homes, worked outside of home or sold goods from home, raised & taught children - even boys, & CONTRARY TO YOUR BELIEF, A WOMAN IS JUST AS CAPABLE OF DOING HOME REPAIRS & CAR REPAIRS AS ANY MAN! I've put in locks, repaired plumbing, changed out electric outlets, repaired appliances, & even worked on steel girders w/nothing but a safety belt, steel-toed boots, & hard hat 30-50+ stories up w/3other jobs!

Author: PaisleyPlace

Title: WHAT CENTURY ARE ...

Comment: WHAT CENTURY ARE YOU LIVING IN? I'm not a racist person but I want to know why BLACK MEN - OVER WHITE, GREEN, PURPLE, BLUE, YELLOW, & PURPLE MEN SHOULD OWN A BUSINESS EVEN MORE THAN OTHERS? My DH owned his business for more than 20yrs; HWR, HE HAD THE EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE TO DO SO! I RUN MY OWN BUSINESS FOR YRS & WORKED FOR HIM AT SAME TIME & OWN A BUSINESS NOW THO' I HAVE EDUCATION W/EXPERIENCE TO DO SO!

Author: PaisleyPlace

Title: AND YOU HAVE NO ...

Comment: AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TELL OR FORCE ANY WOMAN TO DO ANYTHING WITH "HER" BODY THAT SHE DOES OR DOES NOT WANT TO DO! IF A WOMAN WANTS TO ABORT A PREGNANCY, SHE HAS THAT RIGHT! Think of what OCTOMOM WOULD SAVE THIS COUNTRY IF SHE HAD ABORTED B4 HAVING 14 KIDS FOR THE TAXPAYERS TO SUPPORT COMPLETELY!

Author: PaisleyPlace

Title: I consider it a ...

Comment: I consider it a compliment to be compared or singled out to be in the same category with Margaret Sanger! If you were a REAL NURSE - WHICH YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE NOT - you would know that Margaret Sanger WAS A NURSE WHO KNEW HOW TO PREVENT PREGNANCY WHEN CATHOLIC FAMILIES WERE STARVING & BABIES WERE DYING B/C MALE DOCTORS REFUSED TO TELL THEM ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL METHODS! MARGARET SANGER SAVED LIVES AT THE EXPENSE OF HER JOB, HER FAMILY, & HER FREEDOM! NOW TAKE YOUR LYING ASS TO COLLEGE & LEARN!

Author: mykole84

Title: you are no better ...

Comment: you are no better than margaret sanger. I guess if black slaves would of just not had kids until they gained freedom there would have been no more slaves. darn those slaves from wanting to have kids. its not the system fault their kids were born into slavery. it there fault for wanting to do what normal people do have kids. i guess people who are poor should never have kids. most poor are working poor. education is not important if uneducated immigrant can get a job b4 a more educated american.

Author: mykole84

Title: actually being a ...

Comment: actually being a black man with a criminal record will hinder you on many occasion from getting a job, and if you get one, you will not be able to make ends meet. it easy to tell a man to keep it in his pants. its also easy to lock an unemployed man up for not paying child support which is what america is doing.

Author: mykole84

Title: how are women the ...

Comment: how are women the backbone of the country? what are men. How are women suffering more than men? Im not understanding this.

Author: mykole84

Title: I'm black american. ...

Comment: I'm black american. I dont think it matters though. what she is talking is bad for any women.

Author: berkeria15

Title: what color ARE YOU?

Comment: what color ARE YOU?

Author: berkeria15

Title: woman are the ...

Comment: woman are the backbone of the country. we suffer from so much than y'all. w are not better but hell we are something.