"THE HELP" MOVIE REVIEW by Tariq Elite Nasheed (part 1)

[splashenful]

At 8:40 he says that women had sassing & talking "about their white folks behind their backs a little bit..." Ah, not true. One of the Black maids was constantly standing up to the racist White employers, & (spoilers here:) even tricked the villain(Bryce Dallas Howard)into eating a pie laced with feces!!!

[unique1express]

I agree with you brother....it seems as if the movies that showcase people of African descent being subservient, broken down, dysfunctional and just plain fucked-up which and ever way are always the movies that are hyped up and are loved not only by us but adored by whites as well. Precious was loved and enjoyed by whites because of the content as if Black people are supposed to be abusive and dysfunctional. Why movies like Akeelah and the Bee and The Great Debaters hardly received accolades ?

[AkilB7]

I agree with Tariq 100%

[edupbeat]

I can see dave chappelle ( if his show was still on) doing a skit on this movie, real talk!

[tajabrittaney89]

Thank You Thank You Thank You!!! I try to tell people but they don't get it... especially white people. I already know viola is going to win an oscar just like Halle did and just like Denzel for playing so well what white people already believe about us

[gawgetter]

This is the best review.

[Tiannisha]

The word "inspire" implies an action. I'd like to ask what action did this movie inspire on the part of black women who felt inspired by this film. I'd really like to know that? Somebody???? Anybody????? have an answer?

[syko52]

It doesn't matter if people show how it really was, such as this movie showing racism against blacks in the 60's, or if they suger-coat it & pretend it wasn't so bad. No matter what, people start screaming "RACISM!". In other words, damned if they do & damned if they don't, huh? Doesn't really matter how things are portrayed, you're gonna scream & whine & bitch, huh? Make up your mind.

This movie simply showed strong black women housekeepers standing up to their white employers during the 60's.

[KiddDynamite270]

@syk - No way was Tariq bitching or screaming racism. It was just an examinantion of the racial politics being played out in movies like these and telling black peeps not to internalise what they see (whites rich, black poor etc) because the movie is not historical accurate, he was also rebutting peoples view of movie being "inspirational" and claimed that if the movie had the roles reversed it would not be successful. Did u listen to the whole review? You seem like a troll out to cause trouble!

[syko52]

@KiddDynamite270 In WHAT world were black folks rich in the 50's & 60's and white folks cleaning their houses? IN WHAT PARALLEL DIMENSION did THESE EVENTS take place? During segregation blacks took what work they could get. This particular movie is about the struggles of the black women of one town that worked as housekeepers for the rich whites. THESE THINGS HAPPENED. It's shitty, but it's historically accurate. It seems that no matter what, accurate or not, black people start screaming racism.

[KiddDynamite270]

@Syk -No one wrote anything about blacks being rich in 1950 & 60s. The FILM is not historically accurate because in that time in Mississippi 1960s both black/whites were poor and recovering from depression, however in the movie ALL the whites were rich, well kept and happy go lucky and ALL the blacks were down trodden and couldn't speak proper English etc hence why the film is fictional. No one mentioned racism, but if we see it we are going to call it out, you don't like it tough shit ;)

[syko52]

@KiddDynamite270 The Great Depression was in a full recovery mode post WW2 by this time period.

lern2history

The movie ONLY focuses on the households of 3 or 4 different rich, white families, no other classes homes, in the same city, & each of those few households is a full manor, with a large mansion, swimming pools, elaborate lawns; the type of people who hire "help" to come in & clean & take care of the grounds. As far as speaking proper English, then or now, do you really want to go there?

[syko52]

Many ACTIVELY LOOK for ANY REASON to scream "RACISM!", & that's exactly what is happening with this film, to the point of any black person saying they found the poor black women of the movie standing up to the rich whites of that community, & even the movie itself for that matter, "inspirational", to be the equivalent of Uncle Toms. It's sad that some will even turn on their own for liking something as simple as a movie, when it's THEM that have ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT RACISM, instead of enjoying it

[syko52]

@KiddDynamite270 by all means, call it out. Let's see you call out the historical inaccuracies of a movie who's plot is based solely on the plot of poor black women that worked for the rich whites of the time period as "the help". What race of people do YOU think worked for the elite of Jackson in the 60's? What social status do YOU think they really had? You think they were all English majors? This movie is about a specific socioeconomic group combination & their racial divide in the 60's. Deal

[KiddDynamite270]

@syko52 The movie is not historically accurate in Mississippi 1960, fair enough if you trying to claim the movie focused on a small group of people, but thats not reality (thats fictional) of how things really were 1960s, the simplified perception the movie gives out that whites (rich) blacks (poor) whereas most people were economically on par with each other if people are trying to say this was reality then they should show the real deal warts and all of how it was back then.

[KiddDynamite270]

Watch this clip "Nana Talks About THE HELP" which will give you an idea of how things really were straight from the source, I personally would much rather take the opinions of black women who were maids who actuallty LIVED in that era rather than a faceless opinionated troll on Youtube or a Hollywood watered down Disney movie like The Help! Also Black people in the 1960 didn't speak like "you...is...important" etc they could speak proper English, my relatives and 1000s of blacks can confirm that

[KiddDynamite270]

So some black people thought the help was "inspirational" others didn't, is that OK with you? to have an opposing view that is? Do we all have to like the same regurgitated trash that Hollywood spits out every now and again. Maybe we just get fed up of films portraying the same rehashed theme of the well to do lone white savoir rich or not saving/rescuing the poor disenfranchised black people aka The Blindside, Dangerous Minds even Avatar etc with most of these types of movies being nominated...

[KiddDynamite270]

Oscars and such but amusingly great movies like Miracle at St Anna, Hidden Colours, Malcolm X etc which are not showing blacks in an inferior light or in need of rescuing don't seem to get the same amount of praise/Oscars/awards from mainstream America. And this is the third time you have mentioned blacks crying about racism towards this movie The Help whilst conveniently overlooking the amount of whites bitching that the movie is racist and Anti-White, hmmm target black people much do you?

[syko52]

@KiddDynamite270 Is it OKAY WITH YOU that the rest of us don't jump up & down & share the "RACISM!" opinion every time a movie comes out where black people aren't being portrayed as slaves, picking cotton & being beaten? I'm not just talking about the blacks that scream racism, or the white people doing the same. My original comments were aimed at a person IN THIS THREAD saying that all whites should be ashamed of themselves. EVERYONE IN GENERAL looking for racism in everything need to GTFOverIt

[syko52]

@KiddDynamite270 What does a movie focusing on the lives of "the help" of the white elite in Jackson have to do with the middle & lower class? It's about "the help", people who worked as housekeepers for the elite of that city. Middle & lower class people DIDN'T HIRE HELP. They cleaned their own houses. Nowhere in the movie does it state "THIS IS HOW IT WAS FOR EVERYONE". No, it's called THE HELP for a reason. This IS HOW IT WAS for THOSE GROUPS OF PEOPLE included in the plot of this movie.

[KiddDynamite270]

@syko52 I agree with your last two paragraphs, good debate, later ;)

[purplefashion03]

white people should be ashamed and embarresed of themselves

[syko52]

@purplefashion03 I'm almost entirely white & I'm proud of it. White and Native American and proud of both. You think the Choctaw part of me is angry at the Cherokee part of me? Or that either part is "ashamed and embarrassed" of the white part of me? Bullshit.

Just for you to say that screams volumes about how racist YOU ARE as a person. Nobody should be ashamed of their race. It's a predetermined thing we're given at birth. The past actions of others of the same race are irrelevant.

[tiffer04]

As a white young woman, this book did not serve to make me feel superior to blacks. In fact, it made me feel embarrassed that treatment of that sort ever happened, and so recently! I have a whole new respect for the civil rights movement. And while I agree that black women should not have to play the role of a maid to win an oscar, I can't regret the making of this movie. It was eye-opening and forces white people to look at racism as what it is: despicable and pathetic.

[CerebralMadness]

lol omg..I'm a black woman and I don't get what's "inspiriing about it" either...all it showed was black women subservient to white women..it showed the truth but there's nothing inspiring about to me as a black woman

[CerebralMadness]

I saw it and will be giving my review lord knows so many scenes pissed me off...

[dacherx]

You just can't get it. Men and Women suffer as wide a culture-gap as Black and White. It may be for genders and races, different subjects, different topics act as hot button. What you talk about are concerns of black men, just doesn't resonate as much with women. Different boats for different folks.

And "black maids" is 2011 reality. In school we see mostly white teachers, mostly black janitorial and kitchen staff.

[CerebralMadness]

@dacherx omg I was gonna point out the same thing in my video..when I go to the market the cooks are always black ..many positions still remind me of slavery like security officers, etc...

[syko52]

@dacherx & CerebralMadness And how many of those service industry people have college degrees like those professors and teachers? How many of them went to school for years and years to be able to teach? Oh, that's right. None of them.

The fact is that a large majority of black people drop out of highschool. Nobody makes them. They just do. The culture, THE EXISTING BLACK CULTURE BTW, tells them that they'll be more successful as a ball player, a rapper, or a dope dealer.

Reality stings, huh?

[MrBomshizzle]

@syko52 UM...Fuck you...black people got their brains bashed in with bricks, black babies were used as aligator bait....theres 2 examples of horror. I want a movie that shows the truth, but all we get is another "white savior" flick.

[syko52]

@MrBomshizzle Umm.... How about fuck you. Do you have any idea what happened to the Native Americans? 'Nuff said. You know what the difference is though? NEITHER OF US WERE THERE. You didn't get your brain bashed out and nobody used you as alligator bait. Nobody raped my mom or spread smallpox through my village either. WE WEREN'T THERE. When's the last time you picked any cotton, Kunta? Yeah, that's what I thought. Stop using the suffering of those in the past as an excuse. It's fkn pathetic.

[MrBomshizzle]

This really is a "blacks should take oppression with dignity" films. I'm happy to know someone is as pissed off about this film as I am.

Racism is Dumb. And so is Hollywood.

[atolliver91]

it's time to boycott ...i see a lot of people in the same state of mind.