In the book it explains that Celia came from a town called sugar ditch which was the poorest of the poor. She was considered even “lower” than Minnie. So when she married Johnny who had a lot of money she still had that humble nature about her where she didn’t think she was better than anyone and therefore looked at Minnie more like an equal. But overall she was incredibly lonely and all she wanted was a big a family. I find it ironic that the one woman in this story who would’ve made the best mom, couldn’t have children. P.S. that chicken that Celia is eating is a deep fried vegan tortilla wrapped around a popsicle stick. The actress is vegan and couldn’t eat real chicken.
She was a lot more skittish in the book and seeks validation and praise from Minnie too. They also left a pretty amusing part that happened in the book out of the movie. (I don’t blame them either, it was pretty weird)
Was she NEVER able to carry to full term? So sad :( i hoped there would be at least one baby for her and Johnny once she was able to heal awhile, mentally as well as physically. Johnny said when Minnie got there, Celia started getting better, so i was really hoping she would be able to have one go to full term and live ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Celia was the most genuine character. She was hurting but still wanted to look out for everyone else and her husband is so darling. Celia has real class.
She didn't care if she was "The Help". She saw Minnie as a friend and that's what I loved about this part of the movie. I'd sit with Minnie anytime. ❤❤❤
Celia is a sheltered country girl with a kind heart, she sees Minnie as someone who is helping her when she needs it. She sees her as a friend. In a place where Minnie is used to casual cruelty and the brutality of the world, that kindness drew her in, not only because it was so rare especially between races, but because she knew that kindness made her vulnerable when Celia was swimming with sharks.
@@aprild3250 My mom is X-Amish. They hold it upside down to let the blood drain, then dip into boiling hot water, then pluck, then get rid of the gut immediately (salmonella). 🤮 The little feathers are hard to get off by hand; so when eating a non-factory bird there will be little feathers on certain parts of the skin. They didn’t care… just deep fried those wings and crunched away. (This is why I only eat boneless, skinless chicken & mostly only beef.) *Also it’s true that if one gets away from you, they will run around the yard. Since the heart is still beating blood sometimes shoots all over the place.
I used to baby sit for this family when I was about 13. If we were having chicken for dinner the husband killed the chook, I got it to dunk in a bucket of hot water to pull the feathers. It was then given to the wife she cleaned it and cooked it.
Where i can from, those little feathers you say can be get rid by putting on fire. The little feathers will burn immediately. In my 28 yrs of existence, i never get a salmonella by how we cook from live chicken. Sorry! english is not my first language btw. @@Private-wj4nd
Celia is admirable and noble for her time. She treated minnie with love and respect as should be . Staff is extended family the people that make sure we are full happy and in a clean environment. ❤😊
I grew up with a Minnie, her name was Mary. I can't even remember a time that she wasn't at our house. Days of our lives playing on the TV while she vacuumed ❤. Sometimes she'd let me help push that behemoth around. Old rainbow vacuum that you filled with water.
@@user-xb5cs8to8q In that time & history it was NOT expected as black people were treated as 2nd class citizens & segregation was fully enforced at the time.
Mr Johny fell in love with Minnys cooking and that she helped Miss Celia not feel lonely. I need this two in my life. Mr Johny is one lucky man with these two ladies.
Their friendship and their screen time together were the absolute best parts of this film. The roles written for each of their characters were superb. Hope they are in another movie together with lots of scenes together in well written roles.
I know a lot of people didn't like The Help and the way it portrayed things, and since I'm not a part of the group I cannot tell you whether it was or wasn't offensive, but it's still a nice yet heavy movie ... how things more or less were like at one point in time ... miss Celia is such a relief character, she's so sincere and genuinely nice ... it makes me really sad how we treat(ed) people so poorly ...
I still feel bad for her as some one who delt with multiple losses she played it so believable and Minnie was her rock. I love this movie. It has some horrible parts but in the end it is a great story of triumph.
One of the best movies of all time. My grandma told me her experiences from back then. Apparently Ms. Celia wasnt the only ones who ate with their "help" and had friendships with them. My great grandma was best friends with her helper. The lady was a part of our life until her death. Ms. Martha sat with my mema in my great grandmas place. She was a second mother to her... Almost a first honestly. Rip mema and Ms Martha.
Loved Celia and Johnny. Celia saw no difference between Minny being a friend and being a housekeeper. Johnny didn’t care what Celia was up to with Minny or how much it cost as long as she was happy. A good hot meal on his plate didn’t hurt either! I love how he tried to talk to Minny and she freaks out but he only wants to thank her. He tells her he’s known from the beginning and they could have at least put some corn pone on the table to try and get it by him. They treat her like an old family friend and I think it’s just beautiful.
These movies always bring tears to my eyes. I’m so grateful for my ancestors and everyone before me who fought and made a way for me today. My gratitude is beyond words. ❤️
Best scene in the whole movie. Minny is so used to segregation, that she had a hard time accepting equality from Ms. Celia. The beginning of a beautiful relationship between these two women. ❤❤
She didn't have a 'hard time accepting' - She was aware of the harm that would be done to her if caught & there's a PROFOUND difference that the 'other' seems to be unaware of. It's both perplexing & sad.
@isras6702 You're right. Such unawareness was also dangerous, hence the repeated reminders from Minnie that a maid and her employer couldn't become too friendly with each other.
I have only watched bits and pieces, and I’m happy for the relationship that these two people seem to have. However, it is high time that people of color are depicted as more than maids and gangsters or slaves and mistreated. We don’t need more movies that heighten the awareness of how we were treated. We have way way more to our background than those stereotypical roles.
I've watched the movie and completely forgot there was a book 😍 thanks for reminding ! Also, this movie was simply outstanding. The cast was amazing. I think this and A Time To Kill are tied for my all-time favorites
Celia was so sweet & pure. She would have made a great mother. I felt so sorry for her, but it was so refresing thar she found a great friend and confidant in Millie. I need to watch this again. Such a GREAT movie!
Celia treats Minny with respect because Minny is the only woman (maid) who wants to work for her and help her with everything. They have the employer and employee relationship, but at the same time, it's a complete friendship too
@@rangerwillMinnie had a similar problem. The woman who she worked for before told everyone bad things about her so they wouldn't hire her. And she did the same about Celia, in terms of social life.
@@rangerwill yeah, because she's kind and different than the other wifes. Everyone makes fun of her for being 'innocent and kind' as dumb. Even tho everyone wants to be friends with Ceila, she will still be friend Minny.
The other thing was that Celia came from the WRONG side of the tracks. She didn't come from a Wealthy family. Even back in the sixties during the Jim Crow era... Poor white families and black families lived in those small areas. They helped each other out, and worked together... She saw Minnie as a (person) not just a maid. You can hear it when she says" I'm awful grateful.😢"
I enjoy seeing these moments of the movie randomly popping up in my recommendations. Oddly very comforting and pleasing to see examples of what were likely wonderfully renewing relationships in a time where fellow human beings were so disconnected.
In the book, a creepy guy with no pants was harassing Minny, Celia put her life on the line to save her. (I don't recall if she used an axe or a frying pan) Minnie reflected it was the first time a white woman stood up for her
Mr. Jonnys part was short but it made realized why he chose Miss. Celia to marry in the end . He was more down to earth like Celia and he didnt seem to be a racist
Their friendship is wholesome. ❤❤ In many places not just the US even in the present times people treat their staff or maids very poorly. It breaks my heart knowing about it.
I absolutely love their friendship in the movie and I'm so so glad that she found a husband that is so understanding. The three of them together was perfect. I really wished they all had a better life. Such beautiful people.
I hope lots of you read the book. There's an even deeper meaning as to why Celia wasn't prejudice. *spoiler* She grew up very poor in a lower class white neighborhood. There's a scene in the book where a naked white man showed up to Celias house and began harassing them. Minnie went outside to scare him off but got struck down and Celia goes out and beats him with an iron fire poker! Minnie is so shocked that a white women protected her.
Minnie don't burn chicken made me laugh as well as no wax floor. But, I love their relationship. She needed a friend so bad and Minnie became an answer to her need.
I felt for minnies fear, it worried me too watching the film like “what kind of man is her husband” - im so glad they broke the norm and actually put her with a good man
The writing for these two characters is great and Octavia’s and Jessica’s performances especially in the scenes they share together are the best parts of this movie. It shows to me that hate for stupid reasons like skin color is just a waste of time and it could prevent us from finding other people in life that could make our lives so much better.
She didn't have much of a choice. That was still the 1950s Southern United States. Celia may have been white trash but she was still white and could've had Minny killed for the slightest infraction
You hire a servant, show them respect, pay them AND let her teach you how to cook. That is 100% respect. Beside that, you treat her the same as you would treat yourself, and that's how it supposed to be!!
While your frying pan of Crisco™️ , lard or oil is heating on medium high heat for frying. You put flour, spices, salt, pepper , along with chicken in a brown paper bag . Then vigorously shaking bag to coat chicken , just before placing in HOT popping grease. At least that’s how I was taught to make it, as a girl of ten in the 1950’s
@@Mae-vy4pr Addendum, after shaking bag, lay bag on flat surface, rip open bag, check to make certain chicken is thoroughly coated. Turn heat to high, wait four, five minutes . Add no more than two pieces of chicken at a time. The reason for this , if too much chicken is add at a once , or the oil is not hot enough, the oil will be too cool. and make for soft gummy like coating. The oil must be hot enough to sear the outer coating for crispy chicken . Don’t forget to jump back from the stovetop when placing the chicken in the pan. Make sure you have oven mitts , and frying pan lid close at 🤚 hand. Good luck
@@christophercathcart881 well, I must admit, the heat on the stovetop is continuously monitored. Keeping the heat or flame between medium high to high, as needed. Mostly it was completed on stovetop. Because between baking the biscuits, cornbread, macaroni and cheese, or peach cobbler, nobody wanted to wait for the chicken to be completed by baking in the oven. But one of my aunt , would do just that, start the frying on the top. And one by one as she pull each piece from the pan . She’d lay it on an aluminum foil wrapped sheet pan and place then in the oven. But then, she had a fan she used in the kitchen. Remember this was another time and place, usually you were up before dawn to start your daily chores, like cooking. Before the heat of the day began to sap your energy. There was no central air, no air conditioners in ‘our’ part of town. At most a fan, like my aunt owned, was moved from room to room as needed. That’s if you were ‘rich’ and could afford your home to be wired for electricity. People did say , aunt Lucille did ‘marry up’, that fan proved it.
“The Help” is such a great movie and book, of course there are differences between the two but that’s how most movie turned books go, however both the book and the movie are actually pretty good and I recommend watching and reading it😌
I had a Dominican nanny/house keeper. She was black and would do and say many of these things. I’d get so irritated!😂 But, she’d then explain that in DR, folks want particularly black nannies so they could brag about it. She said, they felt “the blacker the better.” She’d be made to eat or sleep in the servant quarters which were not very nice. I’ve heard similar stories in other countries and even here in the US. I just never imagined this would also be common in the DR. To us, she was the ‘other-grandma’ and she could sleep wherever she wanted. I’d always fight w her when she’d see me sit down before she had finished and immediately get up to grab my plate. She’d also be hesitant if I chose to grab her plate and wash it for her. 😢 She passed away from Cancer in 2018. We still miss her and I’m pretty sure she’s never been happier than when she was with me. When she first got sick, I would be the one taking her to her appts. and staying over for her surgeries. When she went back to DR after her own mom died, I also paid her sick leave. Today, I could never afford someone to help me I’m spite of needing this quite badly. Because, I have a lot of autoimmune issues, and just the thought of cleaning makes me ache. My financial situation changed dramatically after my illness took me over. So, every summer we watch the Fireflies in the backyard (which she claimed she had never seen), to honor her memory.
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Miss Celia is the best. She's treating Minny with complete respect
Well that’s because she knew what that kinda felt like. She was white trash; her and Minnie aren’t too different.
Wild how don't be a pos was a foreign concept to Americans then......and a lot of the world now I suppose.
@@famouslyterrible3830wut? Learn some history my friend
I loved Celia and I was so happy to see that her husband was also kind.
🌹🌿 The way it should be
This relationship is the best part of the movie.
Yes!I could just watch a series or a full movie of them two 😊
Yup, and then when she finally meets the husband 😊
@@dadriamcgregor8346 Yes!And how supportive he was of Minny and greatful for the help
@@milirodriguez8493 yes he was such a sweetheart to Minny!😊💜
In the book Celia kills a guy that tried to attack them in the yard
In the book it explains that Celia came from a town called sugar ditch which was the poorest of the poor. She was considered even “lower” than Minnie. So when she married Johnny who had a lot of money she still had that humble nature about her where she didn’t think she was better than anyone and therefore looked at Minnie more like an equal. But overall she was incredibly lonely and all she wanted was a big a family.
I find it ironic that the one woman in this story who would’ve made the best mom, couldn’t have children.
P.S. that chicken that Celia is eating is a deep fried vegan tortilla wrapped around a popsicle stick. The actress is vegan and couldn’t eat real chicken.
She was a lot more skittish in the book and seeks validation and praise from Minnie too. They also left a pretty amusing part that happened in the book out of the movie. (I don’t blame them either, it was pretty weird)
@Lynnywhereuat007
Sorry for asking what's the name of the book?
@@2t3l54 “the help” it is hilariously funny and heartbreaking at the same time. Such a good read!
@Lynnywhereuat007 what scene? Could you give us an insight? 😂😅
Was she NEVER able to carry to full term? So sad :( i hoped there would be at least one baby for her and Johnny once she was able to heal awhile, mentally as well as physically. Johnny said when Minnie got there, Celia started getting better, so i was really hoping she would be able to have one go to full term and live ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Celia was the most genuine character. She was hurting but still wanted to look out for everyone else and her husband is so darling. Celia has real class.
Absolutely agree with you
"Minnie don't burn chiken"
Till she does
Best line 😂😂
What does that even mean?😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Lowkey like "I'd rather just let him shoot me."
I really loved Celia's character. So sweet and down to earth.
That's why she was hated so much. Plus she was just natural. Movie is so good.
@@VannaWhiite and yet so far removed from reality as to be almost Disney. Cue Mr Bluebird!
I really love this expression " down to earth " hh
Ditzy...sorry
She was gentle and sweet and kind. There’s nothing ditzy about that.
She didn't care if she was "The Help". She saw Minnie as a friend and that's what I loved about this part of the movie. I'd sit with Minnie anytime. ❤❤❤
Celia is a sheltered country girl with a kind heart, she sees Minnie as someone who is helping her when she needs it. She sees her as a friend. In a place where Minnie is used to casual cruelty and the brutality of the world, that kindness drew her in, not only because it was so rare especially between races, but because she knew that kindness made her vulnerable when Celia was swimming with sharks.
Mr. Johnny ended up being so nice to Minnie and invited her to eat dinner with him and Ms. Celia that she cooked especially for her!
The way they take care of her at that moment is like taking care of their mom
@@a.g.demada5263 I know. An honorable display of their complete appreciation of her.
@@rhiannasanford6160 true and I like to imagine they ask her to move with them with her children
I genuinely loved that. He adored his wife and treated his maid like a human being in a world where it's considered taboo to do so
Not only that but also to live with them.
“All right! Chicken already dead, Ms Celia.” 😅 That line kills me every time.
Right?
Yep, he dead!
@@jacindaellison3363lol yeah when she opens the bag and looks inside and says “ yeah he dead.” The facial expression gets me every time ! Lol😂
😂😂
Everytime
"Minnie don't burn chicken".....lol, the best! "Isa"
One of the best lines
Minnie don't burn chicken
She butchered it, you cook it 😆 Perfect friendship ❤
All I want to know is who de-feathered it? That’s the hardest part… or so I hear 😂
@@aprild3250 My mom is X-Amish. They hold it upside down to let the blood drain, then dip into boiling hot water, then pluck, then get rid of the gut immediately (salmonella). 🤮
The little feathers are hard to get off by hand; so when eating a non-factory bird there will be little feathers on certain parts of the skin. They didn’t care… just deep fried those wings and crunched away. (This is why I only eat boneless, skinless chicken & mostly only beef.)
*Also it’s true that if one gets away from you, they will run around the yard. Since the heart is still beating blood sometimes shoots all over the place.
I used to baby sit for this family when I was about 13. If we were having chicken for dinner the husband killed the chook, I got it to dunk in a bucket of hot water to pull the feathers. It was then given to the wife she cleaned it and cooked it.
Where i can from, those little feathers you say can be get rid by putting on fire. The little feathers will burn immediately. In my 28 yrs of existence, i never get a salmonella by how we cook from live chicken. Sorry! english is not my first language btw. @@Private-wj4nd
O my , my family did the same@@Private-wj4nd
Celia is admirable and noble for her time. She treated minnie with love and respect as should be . Staff is extended family the people that make sure we are full happy and in a clean environment. ❤😊
Staff? On their pay it was glorified slavery, dressed up as 'staff'
As did her husband. He treated Minnie with the same respect and gratitude that she did.
Yes, staff is extended family, but why lower case Minnie's name? 🤔😏
@@misstunes1765 😒
I grew up with a Minnie, her name was Mary. I can't even remember a time that she wasn't at our house. Days of our lives playing on the TV while she vacuumed ❤. Sometimes she'd let me help push that behemoth around. Old rainbow vacuum that you filled with water.
And it’s so sweet when the husband (Johnny) does find out, because he’s so nice and thanks Minnie for helping Celia 😊
Women like these two made history and changed the world forever. They couldn’t have done it without each other. 💗
The movie is “The Help” for anyone wondering
Wooosh thank you!!🎉
Thanks. I was searching the comments for the title.
❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you
Thanks. I had forgotten what it was called. 😊
She's a sweetheart to her own maid
As we all should be.
@@romelleabdulaleem283 true
Literally @@romelleabdulaleem283
What kind of comment is this??
@@user-xb5cs8to8q
In that time & history it was NOT expected as black people were treated as 2nd class citizens & segregation was fully enforced at the time.
This is how respect starts!!
Miss Minnie is so much fun, honest and down to earth! Miss Celia is the best example for being respectful.
Mr Johny fell in love with Minnys cooking and that she helped Miss Celia not feel lonely. I need this two in my life. Mr Johny is one lucky man with these two ladies.
I loved the friendship of the two ladies--they truly loved and respected each other
Their relationship is even like a mother/daughter's one
I also love that Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer have the same friendship in real life.
Octavia Spencer deserves ALL the awards she received for this roll and the many other rolls she's had. Truly one of the great artists of craft.
Yes, she is.
Role.
@@Randy-ry9ss No no, I like it better that way 😂
@@user-dt2ig5zu4n I like me a buttery roll !
You should hear an interview she did on NPR with Terry Gross. Her process is amazing.
Their friendship and their screen time together were the absolute best parts of this film. The roles written for each of their characters were superb. Hope they are in another movie together with lots of scenes together in well written roles.
I know a lot of people didn't like The Help and the way it portrayed things, and since I'm not a part of the group I cannot tell you whether it was or wasn't offensive, but it's still a nice yet heavy movie ... how things more or less were like at one point in time ... miss Celia is such a relief character, she's so sincere and genuinely nice ... it makes me really sad how we treat(ed) people so poorly ...
I still feel bad for her as some one who delt with multiple losses she played it so believable and Minnie was her rock. I love this movie. It has some horrible parts but in the end it is a great story of triumph.
What movie is this? I think I've seen it, but I watch so many I can't even recall! I might have only seen snippets. Oy. Thanks in advance!
@@bonnemoms5413it’s The Help
@bonnemoms5413 It's The Help.
Indeed it is!
"Minnie, don't burn chicken. " Always makes me laugh.
Well, the look on her face when she says it makes the line twice as good.
@@heathercontois4501 true and even when she eats after saying that
Especially at the end when she does and that line instantly pops into your head. XD
@@leoniekoning1005 oh yes 😂
One of the best movies of all time. My grandma told me her experiences from back then. Apparently Ms. Celia wasnt the only ones who ate with their "help" and had friendships with them. My great grandma was best friends with her helper. The lady was a part of our life until her death. Ms. Martha sat with my mema in my great grandmas place. She was a second mother to her... Almost a first honestly. Rip mema and Ms Martha.
Octavia Spencer is such an incredible actress.
I also loved Celia in this film. Mini found the love and respect she deserved. This was amazing.
Loved Celia and Johnny. Celia saw no difference between Minny being a friend and being a housekeeper. Johnny didn’t care what Celia was up to with Minny or how much it cost as long as she was happy. A good hot meal on his plate didn’t hurt either! I love how he tried to talk to Minny and she freaks out but he only wants to thank her. He tells her he’s known from the beginning and they could have at least put some corn pone on the table to try and get it by him. They treat her like an old family friend and I think it’s just beautiful.
Both the husband and wife was so sweet!!!!
These movies always bring tears to my eyes. I’m so grateful for my ancestors and everyone before me who fought and made a way for me today. My gratitude is beyond words. ❤️
Best scene in the whole movie. Minny is so used to segregation, that she had a hard time accepting equality from Ms. Celia. The beginning of a beautiful relationship between these two women. ❤❤
She didn't have a 'hard time accepting' - She was aware of the harm that would be done to her if caught & there's a PROFOUND difference that the 'other' seems to be unaware of. It's both perplexing & sad.
@@isras6702. ON POINT !! One wrong move/word by someone else could cost HER life.
❤️🇨🇦
They did have some form of equality. They were both outcasts in the town they lived in.
@@isras6702 Yes. I find it heartbreaking that humans treat humans who aren't like them with such hatred. God bless you.
@isras6702 You're right. Such unawareness was also dangerous, hence the repeated reminders from Minnie that a maid and her employer couldn't become too friendly with each other.
Her husband knew she hired a maid to help out and knew she needed it and was so nice and welcoming to minny. The movies amazing but the book is better
Name tge movie
@@sarachikh5223 Movie name is - The Help
@@sarachikh5223the book and the movie are both titled "The Help"
@@sarachikh5223 The help
The movie (and book) is “The Help”
This film is soooo good! Miss Celia and Skeeter ❤
What movie is this
movie name? or show name??
The joy when she was shaking that paper bag 😂😂😂😂 I can just feel the joy of learning something you've ALWAYS wanted to be able to do!!!
Mr Jimmy won't shoot Minnie! Gonna hug that lady and wait for the next fried chicken outta that kitchen!
We know that now.
True.
But Celia was never supposed to have a maid. She was too low class to be given domestic help
Just that look with her eyes at the end says it all...Love Octavia Spencer, she can literally play any character ❤
Their friendship was my favorite. Celia was a gem. Johnny hit the jackpot with her. ❤
The last line🤣😂🤣😂 she sounded so offended by even the idea. “Minnie don’t burn chicken”
Movie - "The Help"
Really good movie, one of my favorites.
it is basd on a book which i recommend also:D
I have only watched bits and pieces, and I’m happy for the relationship that these two people seem to have. However, it is high time that people of color are depicted as more than maids and gangsters or slaves and mistreated. We don’t need more movies that heighten the awareness of how we were treated. We have way way more to our background than those stereotypical roles.
I actually own the book, it's just as good!
I've watched the movie and completely forgot there was a book 😍 thanks for reminding !
Also, this movie was simply outstanding. The cast was amazing. I think this and A Time To Kill are tied for my all-time favorites
Ty!
Celia was so sweet & pure. She would have made a great mother. I felt so sorry for her, but it was so refresing thar she found a great friend and confidant in Millie. I need to watch this again. Such a GREAT movie!
One of the most heartwarming factual films. “The Help” one of my favourites 🥰
Celia was my favourite character in this movie apart from the other main characters. I felt like I identified with her character so much.
Celia treats Minny with respect because Minny is the only woman (maid) who wants to work for her and help her with everything. They have the employer and employee relationship, but at the same time, it's a complete friendship too
She didn't have much of a choice to not "befriend " Minny. No one in the women's society wanted anything to do with her.
@@rangerwillMinnie had a similar problem. The woman who she worked for before told everyone bad things about her so they wouldn't hire her. And she did the same about Celia, in terms of social life.
@@rangerwill yeah, because she's kind and different than the other wifes. Everyone makes fun of her for being 'innocent and kind' as dumb. Even tho everyone wants to be friends with Ceila, she will still be friend Minny.
The other thing was that Celia came from the WRONG side of the tracks. She didn't come from a Wealthy family. Even back in the sixties during the Jim Crow era... Poor white families and black families lived in those small areas. They helped each other out, and worked together...
She saw Minnie as a (person) not just a maid. You can hear it when she says" I'm awful grateful.😢"
Mini faced twitched when mentioned burning the chicken
Which she DID burn toward the end of the movie
Love their relationship.
I enjoy seeing these moments of the movie randomly popping up in my recommendations. Oddly very comforting and pleasing to see examples of what were likely wonderfully renewing relationships in a time where fellow human beings were so disconnected.
In the book, a creepy guy with no pants was harassing Minny, Celia put her life on the line to save her. (I don't recall if she used an axe or a frying pan) Minnie reflected it was the first time a white woman stood up for her
That is “the help” and it made my daughter cry from how sweet it was.
One of the best lines… “Minny don’t burn chicken.” Cracks me up every time! ❤
Mr. Jonnys part was short but it made realized why he chose Miss. Celia to marry in the end . He was more down to earth like Celia and he didnt seem to be a racist
Their friendship is wholesome. ❤❤ In many places not just the US even in the present times people treat their staff or maids very poorly. It breaks my heart knowing about it.
Yes it breaks my heart as well.
Celia was one of the best characters in that whole damn movie.
I love that Minnie’s sense of humor is indulged with Celia.
I'm an educated Southern Man....I Love these women. I grew up with their wisdom.
I absolutely love their friendship in the movie and I'm so so glad that she found a husband that is so understanding. The three of them together was perfect. I really wished they all had a better life. Such beautiful people.
I like to imagine they asked her to live with them with her children
Yes. Hilly would have made that dude regret his life if he married her.
This movie did an excellent job of capturing the essence of the book and most events! I absolutely love Celia and my heart breaks for her.
These 2 have a really good relationship, good friends even 👏👏👏
Celia and Minny have the best dynamic in this whole movie and separately their characters are the best as well. Love love love
I hope lots of you read the book. There's an even deeper meaning as to why Celia wasn't prejudice. *spoiler* She grew up very poor in a lower class white neighborhood. There's a scene in the book where a naked white man showed up to Celias house and began harassing them. Minnie went outside to scare him off but got struck down and Celia goes out and beats him with an iron fire poker! Minnie is so shocked that a white women protected her.
Celia being from a lower class background was in the movie. It’s the whole pretence the other women use for not liking her.
😂@@willowashe
The book is so good I’ve read it in fron Mississippi!
What's the book called please
"The chicken already dead Miss Celia."
"Minny don't burn chicken."
Some of my favorite lines
These two ladies are perfect example of good women.❤
You could tell how lonely celia was in this moving and celia was the company she needed. They both were what each other needed. ❤
Celia is my favorite. She's sweet, and she's kind. And her husband is a good man too.
He was alright. But one thing I want to know is why the men were portrayed as so weak??
I've always loved Celia 😍 she's absolutely adorable
They needed eachother.... but with Respect.
I love the relationship between these two women. Celia is ahead of her time, not a racist bone in her abdomen Mini is so strong and resilient.
"Minnie don't burn chicken." Truer words have never been spoken
Minnie don't burn chicken made me laugh as well as no wax floor. But, I love their relationship. She needed a friend so bad and Minnie became an answer to her need.
This movie did such a great job showing both sides of the good & the no good people.
I absolutely loved their relationship! And Celia’s husband Johnny was just as kind and loving as she was!
Minnie: Mister Johnny gon catch me, and shoot me dead, right here on this no wax floor!
Miss Celi: NOM NOM NOM
😂😂😂
I loved her character. She was so nice to minny.
This relationship in this movie was so sweet. Miny was so sweet to do this for her. Such a good woman. Miss Celia was LOST.
That slight smile at the end! 👏🏼 Obsessed. What a queen!
That moment when a short makes you watch the whole movie
I felt for minnies fear, it worried me too watching the film like “what kind of man is her husband” - im so glad they broke the norm and actually put her with a good man
Yes ma'am, Minnie don't burn chicken! 💯💚
She’s feeling lonely and depressed because Minnie is there. She does so much better.
“Minnie don’t burn chicken” except for when she hears really good news✨
The writing for these two characters is great and Octavia’s and Jessica’s performances especially in the scenes they share together are the best parts of this movie. It shows to me that hate for stupid reasons like skin color is just a waste of time and it could prevent us from finding other people in life that could make our lives so much better.
I watched this a while back and when I tell you I CRIED I mean it! Definitely a must watch!
I just watched this movie and it is very wholesome to watch. I hope there's like series of this.. Skeeters life, Abileen life, Minny, etc
Minny is amazing. Despite everything she's been through she treats Mrs cielie with respect
Plus she was dealing with her own demons. Her own husband was abusive.
@@lorireed8046 yep! Although the poo pie was the best
She didn't have much of a choice. That was still the 1950s Southern United States. Celia may have been white trash but she was still white and could've had Minny killed for the slightest infraction
Love this movie specially the part with Sissy spacik yells to Minnie while laughing "run for your life".
I like the fact she didn't even blame Minny for that 😂
Miss Celia 🤝 Miss Minnie. Two cutie pies ❤
You hire a servant, show them respect, pay them AND let her teach you how to cook. That is 100% respect.
Beside that, you treat her the same as you would treat yourself, and that's how it supposed to be!!
While your frying pan of Crisco™️ , lard or oil is heating on medium high heat for frying. You put flour, spices, salt, pepper , along with chicken in a brown paper bag . Then vigorously shaking bag to coat chicken , just before placing in HOT popping grease. At least that’s how I was taught to make it, as a girl of ten in the 1950’s
❤❤❤ thanks ill try it
@@Mae-vy4pr Addendum, after shaking bag, lay bag on flat surface, rip open bag, check to make certain chicken is thoroughly coated. Turn heat to high, wait four, five minutes . Add no more than two pieces of chicken at a time. The reason for this , if too much chicken is add at a once , or the oil is not hot enough, the oil will be too cool. and make for soft gummy like coating. The oil must be hot enough to sear the outer coating for crispy chicken . Don’t forget to jump back from the stovetop when placing the chicken in the pan. Make sure you have oven mitts , and frying pan lid close at 🤚 hand. Good luck
@@lineaalba4035do you ever turn the heat down so you dont burn it? Or do you put it in the oven once its golden brown to finish cooking it?
@@christophercathcart881 well, I must admit, the heat on the stovetop is continuously monitored. Keeping the heat or flame between medium high to high, as needed. Mostly it was completed on stovetop. Because between baking the biscuits, cornbread, macaroni and cheese, or peach cobbler, nobody wanted to wait for the chicken to be completed by baking in the oven. But one of my aunt , would do just that, start the frying on the top. And one by one as she pull each piece from the pan . She’d lay it on an aluminum foil wrapped sheet pan and place then in the oven. But then, she had a fan she used in the kitchen. Remember this was another time and place, usually you were up before dawn to start your daily chores, like cooking. Before the heat of the day began to sap your energy. There was no central air, no air conditioners in ‘our’ part of town. At most a fan, like my aunt owned, was moved from room to room as needed. That’s if you were ‘rich’ and could afford your home to be wired for electricity. People did say , aunt Lucille did ‘marry up’, that fan proved it.
The same here as a girl of the seventies!!
“The Help” is such a great movie and book, of course there are differences between the two but that’s how most movie turned books go, however both the book and the movie are actually pretty good and I recommend watching and reading it😌
Yes, both are wonderful!
I had a Dominican nanny/house keeper. She was black and would do and say many of these things. I’d get so irritated!😂 But, she’d then explain that in DR, folks want particularly black nannies so they could brag about it. She said, they felt “the blacker the better.” She’d be made to eat or sleep in the servant quarters which were not very nice. I’ve heard similar stories in other countries and even here in the US. I just never imagined this would also be common in the DR. To us, she was the ‘other-grandma’ and she could sleep wherever she wanted. I’d always fight w her when she’d see me sit down before she had finished and immediately get up to grab my plate. She’d also be hesitant if I chose to grab her plate and wash it for her. 😢 She passed away from Cancer in 2018. We still miss her and I’m pretty sure she’s never been happier than when she was with me. When she first got sick, I would be the one taking her to her appts. and staying over for her surgeries. When she went back to DR after her own mom died, I also paid her sick leave.
Today, I could never afford someone to help me I’m spite of needing this quite badly. Because, I have a lot of autoimmune issues, and just the thought of cleaning makes me ache. My financial situation changed dramatically after my illness took me over. So, every summer we watch the Fireflies in the backyard (which she claimed she had never seen), to honor her memory.
The scene where she loses the baby made me so upset she did not want Minny to see her like that
Celia is such a delight
Oh they took out the part where Minnie opens the bag and says "yep, he dead"
Their relationship was my favorite in the whole film. Both deserved Oscar’s for this. 🥂❤️
Miss Celia is just so great. She's such a nice lady.
I loved their friendship & respect for eachother.
Celia is the dam queen! Love her❤
I don't care what anyone says, this is one of the best movies ever made.
"Minny don't burn chicken" is everything 😂😂😂 That look😂😂