Posts Tagged ‘Precious’
Burn Hollywood Burn: part deux
Twenty years ago, hip hop pioneers Public Enemy decried the perpetuation of decades of exploitive cinema in their now classic, Burn Hollywood Burn! Though many things have changed over the years, current events in the world of cinematic arts prove that many others remain the same. Today, Oscar buzz abounds...
December 4th, 2009 | A "Precious" Reaction, Featured | Read More
Oprah & Tyler Perry should be applauded
After seeing the movie with the same title, I will never think of Chante Moore’s chart topping 1990’s song, “Precious,” quite the same, ever again. The movie Precious left me feeling deeply wounded, confused and horrified that there are actually fellow citizens among us who live lives similar...
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Forgotten truths about the rawness of survival
I always take a good look around me before any movie starts. The night I went to see Precious, I saw friends, lovers, mother-daughter looking duos. I saw a lot of women – maybe 50% women of color, of those mostly Black, and several there alone like me. When the previews finally ended and the...
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On “Precious,” the Ending
Seriously, where to begin? If by the end of the movie the “Precious” character seems to have wrested a measure of triumph in the face of hideous abuse that has degraded the entire course of her short life; a positive HIV diagnosis; two little kids she must find a way to care for, one with Down Syndrome;...
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Keeping Up with the Joneses: A Precious Moment of Confrontation
Here in the small college town where I live and work, we had to wait several weeks for the movie Precious to make its appearance at our local theater. Perhaps, there was some felicity in timing, because it has taken me many years to find the courage to read Sapphire’s Push, a novel I first encountered...
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A precious story of mental illness
Since the novel Push became Precious and hit the film festival circuit earlier this year, there were nothing but rave reviews for the film, especially the performances given by comedienne Mo’Nique, singer Mariah Carey, and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe. But once the film hit theater screens across the country,...
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Precious… Really?
Is Precious, precious? Now that the movie reviews have been written, the buttered popcorn eaten, the diet cola guzzled, the debates concerning its merit defended and scorned; how are you feeling about it? What did you witness? Got butterflies? Courtesy of Lionsgate It’s been said that the African American...
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Controversy outshine performance
In setting out to adapt Push by Sapphire, screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher had a challenge. Push was told in the first-person and in the unique voice of an illiterate protagonist as she struggled to tell her story. Film does not do first-person well or naturally. It is an objectifying medium, one that...
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Precious tangents: I wasn’t ready…
Courtesy of Lionsgate Be prepared: my article will confuse. I still need time to digest this movie. It’s only been an hour since I went to the theater to experience the film we all know as Precious. What you are about to read are my initial reactions: pre-processing, the still-digesting, partially-raw...
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Poverty of the Spirit and Mind
How is it that I can walk out of a movie that ends with a young woman who is broke, morbidly obese, with no high school diploma, diagnosed as HIV-positive, with no place to live, walking down the street juggling her two children – an infant and a toddler with Down’s syndrome – and feel hope instead...
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Ending racism starts with educating youth
December 22, 2009 13:12
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Nelson Mandela was a man of poetry
December 21, 2009 07:12
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Public Transportation Pt. 2
December 17, 2009 12:12
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I’m a white guy raised in a black neighborhood… Let’s start there.
December 17, 2009 10:12
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Searching for whitopia: An improbable journey to the heart of white America
December 16, 2009 11:12
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astuesse: Ok, the title of this post just about gave me a heart attack this morning. Why "...'was' a man of poetry?" Is he no lo...
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TFitz: Hi Gyasi! Look, no matter what sort of initial response you get you should just keep writing and posting. For one thing...
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Mikhail Lyubansky: I agree with the analysis but don't see how this particular administration (in this particular racial Zeitgeist) can put...
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Mark Trahant: I regret this post didn't track for D. Truth. And I am delighted to those concerns and learn from them. It's important ...
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Philip Kim: Hey Truth. Thanks for commenting. I definitely understand your concern. One thing I'd say is that this blog is going ...
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Poverty of the Spirit and Mind: How is it that I can walk out of a movie that ends with a young woman who is broke, morbidly obese, with no high school diploma, diagnosed as HIV-positive, with no place to live, walking down the stre...
Big deal gays getting married, why are some black folks upset?: As a church-attending Christian and a straight, married black man who lives in Washington, D.C., I have absolutely no qualms about extending full marriage rights to gay couples. I will cheer when it h...
Precious tangents: I wasn't ready...: Be prepared: my article will confuse. I still need time to digest this movie. It’s only been an hour since I went to the theater to experience the film we all know as Precious. What you are about ...
