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Two of my closer friends is presenting The Color Purple, so i heard a lot about this movie for last 3 three days. On Sunday i watched it with them , because i started to wonder about the movie a lot.
Steven Spielberg is the director of this movie. Released in 1985.
While i was watching i felt like i am watching the movie adaptation of The Bluest Eye. Celie who was the head character has some common traits with Pecola.
Both were raped by his father.(Celie's father was step father but she didn't know it.)
Both were not accepted by society , even from black people because they thought they were ugly. (I really don't like to say, "they didn't accepted because they were ugly", for who they was ugly? In my opinion Celie was not ugly in the movie, by the way what is ugly? who is ugly? and who is deciding this?, well that can be another post , ok. ^^)
Both have one aim in the life which prevents them from giving up. Celie's is be together again with her sister. Pecola's is to be beautiful.
But their end is different. Celie is gaining her self-confidence thanks to Shug Avery, she slowly slowly starting to rebel. And when she learned that Albert hides the letters from her for many many years. She showed her thoughts clearly and started to determine her own destiny.
Shortly, her ending was happier than Pecola.
Another thing i want to compare is the "beautiful women" character in the movie. Shug Avery is like Maureen Peal in this movie. Both are more light-skinned, self-confident and fashionable. But in the novel, Maureen was humiliating Pecola, unlike in The Bluest Eye, Shug Avery is one of the biggest factor for Celie to love her-self and find her beautiness.
The Color Purple is adapted from a novel. Maybe some day they will adapt The Bluest Eye too:)
(Video Retrieved May 12, 2010 from:http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=167627)
But there is theatre of the bluest eye,if you want to watch one scene of it:
I never thought about all these similarities! Well done! The Color Purple is one of my all-time favourite films, and you've made a very effective contrast here. Thanks for including the video of the play as well, I hope I get a chance to see it one day. And yes, can you imagine a skillful film adaptation of The bluest eye? It would be breathtaking!
ReplyDeletep.s. You MUST read the novel The Color Purple..put it on your summer reading list ;))
I can't believe.. I also saw the similarities of color purple and the bluest eye.But I couldn't manage my time to write and you wrote first :)
ReplyDeleteYou might like to read my most recent post about yet another film which is similar to The Color Purple.. ;)
ReplyDeleteDear Sonja,
ReplyDeleteI started to watch that movie , i will continue tonight. It is very similar to the book :D I will watch it when i go back to our room.