The Color Purple (Pt.1) or: How I Fell in Love with Whoopi Goldberg

In a very special two-part episode, Carie and Ross discuss the powerful Academy Award nominated adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple (1985). Ross lauds the incredible composition of Quincy Jones' beautiful score, Carie gets giddy for the queerness between Ceilie and Shug, and the siblings sob like children over the separation of Ceilie and her sister Nettie. 

REQUIRED READING: 

Black women's responses to The Color Purple by Jacqueline Bobo

'In Search of The Color Purple' and Why Black Women Look For Each Other by Tarisai Ngangura

On The Color Purple, Stereotypes, and Silence by Trudier Harris

‘The Color Purple’ Revisited: Why Spielberg’s Movie Is Still Problematic and Meaningful to Many Black Women by Tambay Obenson

'The Color Purple' Is a Cultural Touchstone for Black Female Self-Love by Victoria Bond

Related Media: The Making of The Color Purple; Oprah's Graduation Speech @ Spelman College; Quincy Jones Interview on The Color Purple (1985); Whoopi Goldberg on the Controversy of The Color Purple; Alice Walker Interview on The Color Purple (1985); Rosie Vs. Elizabeth on the View;

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