Current：Home > NewsRevisiting 'The Color Purple' wars -Achieve Wealth Network
Revisiting 'The Color Purple' wars
View
Date：2025-04-24 13:54:04
Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple has been adapted a few times. Next week, a new version based on the Tony-winning musical hits theaters. The 1985 film is remembered as a fan-favorite centering Black women's lives, but this acclaimed adaptation was received quite differently among female viewers and male viewers. Today, we revisit our episode about the original film from our three-part documentary series Screening Ourselves, which explored films through the lens of representation – and misrepresentation – on screen.
veryGood！ (73)
Related
- Federal court filings allege official committed perjury in lawsuit tied to Louisiana grain terminal
- Fed Chair Powell says interest rate cuts won’t start until inflation approaches this level
- North Carolina schools chief loses primary to home-schooling parent critical of ‘radical agendas’
- 'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed found guilty of involuntary manslaughter
- EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
- Jury hears closing arguments in trial of armorer over fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin
- To revive stale US sales, candy companies pitch gum as a stress reliever and concentration aid
- 'The enduring magic of storytime': Ms. Rachel announces new book launching with toy line
- Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
- LNG Exports from Mexico in Limbo While Pipeline Project Plows Ahead
Ranking
- DeepSeek: Did a little known Chinese startup cause a 'Sputnik moment' for AI?
- Super Tuesday exit polls and analysis for the 2024 California Senate primary
- What is the State of the Union? A look at some of the history surrounding the annual event
- Jury picked in trial of 2nd parent charged in Michigan school shooting
- What to watch: O Jolie night
- Fed Chair Jerome Powell wants more proof inflation is falling before cutting interest rates
- California’s closely watched House primaries offer preview of battle to control Congress
- Senate committee advances bill to create a new commission to review Kentucky’s energy needs
Recommendation
Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence
Show stopper: Rare bird sighting prompts Fountains of Bellagio to pause shows Tuesday
Rep. Dean Phillips, Minnesota Democrat, says he is suspending presidential campaign
Regulator partially reverses ruling that banned FKA twigs Calvin Klein ad in UK
Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military
Mississippi House votes to change school funding formula, but plan faces hurdles in the Senate
Claudia Oshry Shares Side Effects After Going Off Ozempic
Police continue search for missing 3-year-old boy Elijah Vue in Wisconsin: Update