The Help
Reponses of The Help Crowd-pleasing Feel-good Triumph against racism Coming of age story Soap opera/ melodrama Racist Gender issues White-washed “white saving black” myth Misrepresentation of The Civil Rights movement The South Black women laboring 第三人效果
[first lines] Aibileen Clark: I was born 1911, Chicksaw County, Piedmont Plantation. Woman: And did you know as a girl growing up that one day you'd be a maid? Aibileen Clark: Yes ma'am, I did. Woman: And you knew that because... Aibileen Clark: My mama was a maid. My grandmama was a house slave. Woman: [whispering as she writes down] "house slave..." Did you ever dream of being something else? Aibileen Clark: [nods yes] Woman: What does it feel like to raise a white child when your own child's at home being looked after by somebody else?
待解決的問題 Aibileen為何扶養這麼多白人小孩? Constantine為何被解雇? Celia Foote最後會煮菜了嗎? 結尾Mae Mobley(小女孩)的哭泣,反映了什麼?
何時會有台灣版的The Help?