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Wednesday August 17, 12 - 1 pm: 'The Help' -- as film, as historic and cultural narrative
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A look at the movie The Help, based on the best-selling book of the same name by Kathryn Stockett, about African- American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960s. With Midday culture commentator Sheri Parks, author of Fierce Angels: The Strong Black Woman in American Life; Midday film critic Linda DeLibero, associate director of film and media studies at Johns Hopkins University; and Hollis Robbins, associate research scholar at the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins and co-author with Henry Louis Gates Jr. of The Annotated Uncle Tom's Cabin (2006).
    Producer: Nikki Gamer Producer: Sean Yoes To call into the show: 410-662-8780 locally, or toll-free at 1-866-661-9309 Watch the live video from Studio A during Midday with Dan Rodricks |
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The Help
As a 50-something white woman who grew up in a rowhouse, I am sooo relieved to hear women say it's OK to not love this novel!! I work with several women who grew up in more privileged backgrounds and they raved about this book.When I read this novel, I was left feeling, "how dare a young white woman presume to tell the story of the experience of these African American women of the pre-Civil Rights era?" Thank you for validating my feelings. I was beginning to think there was something wrong with me!