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The movie THE HELP is about a woman named Skeeter Phelan who is an aspiring journalist. She gets a job at the Jackson Journal answering questions about household cleaning. To help her with her column, she enlists the help of a maid, Aibileen, who works for her friend.
Skeeter’s hope to become a journalist leads her to contact a publishing company in New York. She did not get hired by them immediately. However, she was told to keep writing and contact them once she gained more work experience. She spoke to one of the publishing company representatives who tells her something like “write about something that’s important to you”. Skeeter then decides to interview the maids who raised white children. She had been raised by a black maid named Constantine, who mysteriously moved away while she was in college. The story ensues as Skeeter takes us on her journey through the interviews and the book publication.
I liked the movie as a coming-of-age story for Ms. Skeeter. It was NOT an historical account of the lives of black maids or women in the south, nor do I think it was intended as such. The controversy about the depiction of the African American ... Read more