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[–]chottohen 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

My GF at the time the movie came out didn't speak English so well. After we saw the movie she started calling it, "The Colored People." To me it made more sense than the real title.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Exceptional - one of the greatest writers, and a hero, and obvious here why she got a Pulitzer for the book. Hardly anyone else could appropriately express these voices of early 20th century Georgia. Zora Neale Hurston was also impressive, for similar reasons.

[–]KateWilson[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think that too

[–]KateWilson[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think that too