The Color Purple (Pt.2) or: How I Fell in Love with Whoopi Goldberg
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Show Notes
This week's episode concludes our two-part series on the Steven Spielberg adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple. Will Shug come back for Ceilie? Will Albert finally get what's coming to him? Will Ceilie and Nettie ever reunite? Carie cries buckets, Ross offers additional context via the source material, and the siblings appreciate their blessings siblings.
REQUIRED READING:
Black women's responses to The Color Purple by Jacqueline Bobo
'In Search of The Color Purple' and Why Black Women Look For Each Other by Tarisai Ngangura
On The Color Purple, Stereotypes, and Silence by Trudier Harris
'The Color Purple' Is a Cultural Touchstone for Black Female Self-Love by Victoria Bond
Related Media: The Making of The Color Purple; Oprah's Graduation Speech @ Spelman College; Quincy Jones Interview on The Color Purple (1985); Whoopi Goldberg on the Controversy of The Color Purple; Alice Walker Interview on The Color Purple (1985); Rosie Vs. Elizabeth on the View;
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