We're off to see the movie version of The Help tonight. I'm rather curious to see it at this point, as I read the book last year and thought it was really quite good, though though I'm amazed at all the hullabaloo it seems to be garnering. I mean, Olive Kitteridge is still my favorite book for last year. (I do notice that I gave it five stars right after I finished it, though.) Is it all just slick marketing that's causing the attention? The "money-people" who see an opportunity to cash in on an eternally sensational subject -- racism and the tyranny of the South pre-civil rights? I'm surprised, honestly, at the (some of it extremely) rave reviews the movie version has gotten in the LA Times and NY Times.
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Okay, I'm back Wow! The movie was excellent! Wonderful acting. More on this later. Go see it.
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