{"id":303,"date":"2011-09-01T10:22:37","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T14:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.profligategrace.com\/?p=303"},"modified":"2011-09-02T07:46:34","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T11:46:34","slug":"the-intersection-of-beauty-and-pain-a-conversation-on-the-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.profligategrace.com\/?p=303","title":{"rendered":"The intersection of beauty and pain: a conversation on &#8220;The Help&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recent hit movie\u00a0<em>The Help<\/em>\u00a0has invited conversation across the country about race and gender relations in the South. \u00a0I invited three friends (Chalice Overy, Michelle Bullock, and Courtney Bryant) to come over and talk through their impressions. \u00a0Topics include the resonances (and differences) between aspects of this film and Toni Morrison&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Beloved<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Bluest Eye,\u00a0<\/em>the unwritten (and often unspoken) rules that govern interactions between people of different races in the South, and\u00a0<a onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '\/out\/jkameroncarter.com\/?p=1128']);\"  href=\"http:\/\/jkameroncarter.com\/?p=1128\" target=\"_blank\">J. Kameron Carter&#8217;s reading of the film<\/a>, &#8220;It Ain&#8217;t About Black Women, It&#8217;s About White Women.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do be forewarned that we spoil all surprises here. \u00a0Please feel free to link reviews you found helpful, and post your own perspective on the film!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=28375620\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=28375620\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><br \/><a onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '\/out\/www.vimeo.com\/clip:28375620']);\" title=\"vimeo\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.vimeo.com\/clip:28375620\">vimeo Direct link: The Help<\/a>\n<!-- generated by WordPress plugin Embedded Video -->\n<\/p>\n<p>Other potentially helpful reviews to get you started:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '\/out\/www.theroot.com\/views\/it-helps-be-white']);\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.theroot.com\/views\/it-helps-be-white\">It <em>Helps<\/em> to Be White,<\/a>&#8221; Natalie Hopkinson,\u00a0<em>The Root<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '\/out\/www.slate.com\/id\/2301235\/']);\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2301235\/\">&#8220;<em>The Help<\/em>: A Feel-Good Movie That Feels Kind of Icky,<\/a>&#8221; Dana Stevens,\u00a0<em>Slate.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Note that comments are moderated on the site and there may be a delay before they appear.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent hit movie\u00a0The Help\u00a0has invited conversation across the country about race and gender relations in the South. \u00a0I invited three friends (Chalice Overy, Michelle Bullock, and Courtney Bryant) to come over and talk through their impressions. \u00a0Topics include the resonances (and differences) between aspects of this film and Toni Morrison&#8217;s\u00a0Beloved\u00a0and\u00a0The Bluest Eye,\u00a0the unwritten (and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EotM-4T","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.profligategrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.profligategrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.profligategrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.profligategrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.profligategrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.profligategrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/www.profligategrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.profligategrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.profligategrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.profligategrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}