The fact that Abileen lets the bus go because a white woman is speaking to her, even if that means that she has to walk hours to go back to her black neigjnourhood after a long day of work and after she refused to be driven by Skeeter because she knows it would be inappropriate ...
I KNOW RIGHT?! These little details in the film are especially heightened by Viola Davis' INCREDIBLE performance. She just seems so fatigued and downtrodden in some scenes...so tired and weighted. That scene where she falls over from running so fast after hearing about a black man being shot absolutely kills me. She just works and works and works. It's so satisfying when you see her interacting happily with Minnie but so damn sad that those fleeting moments are all that she has to look forward to.
The first quote is from the movie, the second one you'll hear at some point throughout your life, and the third one, while not limited to Jamaica is roughly translated from "wah eye nuh see, hart nuh leap" they basically translate to people who believe they cant get hurt from not knowing something, outta sight outta mind,if it doesn't directly affect you, you can keep moving forward
The way aibileen is so scared to the point she doesn’t even look Skeeter in the eye and is nervously glancing at the people in the background 😞 there’s also a mother carrying a baby carriage shown later (not seen in this video) who’s giving her a dirty look
A motif I'm just noticing: perspiration. The visible sweat on Aibleen's face and clothing clearly is intentional. It's something that appears in the movie continually, but only on the black characters. Sweat can make a character look dirty. Or it can show they are hard working. It also reflects on the skin as white. I may be reading too much into it, but I wonder if any or all of those aspects were what the director had in mind.
I don't think you're reading too much into it; I thought you made a good observation when it comes to analyzing a character. I believe motifs such as the one you pointed out, is meant to invoke some thought about the character's life, and the environment they're in. It helps you to develop thoughts and questions as to what makes a character, like Aibileen in this instance, unique important, or both.
Sweat for hard work, out of fear and anxiety in a hostile society, dirty grubby appearance to signify a secondary existence to those who can afford not to be sweaty
False, it does not appear only on black characters. Hilly is shown to continually be hot and sweat throughout the movie, and Mrs. Phelan even tells Hilly at one point that she’s a sweaty mess.
Skeeter's risk in writing this book was minimal compared to Abileen's, but Skeeter doesn't realise it. Abileen and the other maids risked their lives and the lives of their families. Nobody was likely to lynch, burn or make it so Skeeter could never get another job. I love all the characters in the Help, and Skeeter was in an impossible position. Yes, that book needed to be written, but by writing it, she was risking every black maid's life. And the acting here is so beautiful you can see that terror on Abileen's face, and the enthusiasm on Skeeter's. When I wrote "The Privileged Few" - a dystopian novel where social engineering has reached a level where those historically oppressed are raised to elite level and those historic oppressors are given the lowest places, I have a scene where a white man is breaking the very draconian law to bring banned reading material to an important woman of colour. In it, these roles are reversed. If they're found out, his punishment will be so much worse than hers, evading the government is almost a game to her, to him, it's his life. Sometimes, you don't understand injustice until you're suffering it yourself.
The fact that Abileen lets the bus go because a white woman is speaking to her, even if that means that she has to walk hours to go back to her black neigjnourhood after a long day of work and after she refused to be driven by Skeeter because she knows it would be inappropriate ...
I KNOW RIGHT?! These little details in the film are especially heightened by Viola Davis' INCREDIBLE performance. She just seems so fatigued and downtrodden in some scenes...so tired and weighted. That scene where she falls over from running so fast after hearing about a black man being shot absolutely kills me. She just works and works and works. It's so satisfying when you see her interacting happily with Minnie but so damn sad that those fleeting moments are all that she has to look forward to.
Yup
very true that was the reality not too long ago!
A long sentence but you still didn't finish it.
"You not knowing is what scares me the most" "Ignorance is bliss" "What the eyes doesnt see, the heart doesnt leap"
Wow, where is that from
The first quote is from the movie, the second one you'll hear at some point throughout your life, and the third one, while not limited to Jamaica is roughly translated from "wah eye nuh see, hart nuh leap"
they basically translate to people who believe they cant get hurt from not knowing something, outta sight outta mind,if it doesn't directly affect you, you can keep moving forward
I love this movie It tells the truth. If u have been through Mississippi. You know
The way aibileen is so scared to the point she doesn’t even look Skeeter in the eye and is nervously glancing at the people in the background 😞 there’s also a mother carrying a baby carriage shown later (not seen in this video) who’s giving her a dirty look
A motif I'm just noticing: perspiration. The visible sweat on Aibleen's face and clothing clearly is intentional. It's something that appears in the movie continually, but only on the black characters. Sweat can make a character look dirty. Or it can show they are hard working. It also reflects on the skin as white. I may be reading too much into it, but I wonder if any or all of those aspects were what the director had in mind.
They did shoot this in Mississippi during the summer...the heat and humidity is godawful in the summer there.
I don't think you're reading too much into it; I thought you made a good observation when it comes to analyzing a character. I believe motifs such as the one you pointed out, is meant to invoke some thought about the character's life, and the environment they're in. It helps you to develop thoughts and questions as to what makes a character, like Aibileen in this instance, unique important, or both.
Sweat for hard work, out of fear and anxiety in a hostile society, dirty grubby appearance to signify a secondary existence to those who can afford not to be sweaty
False, it does not appear only on black characters. Hilly is shown to continually be hot and sweat throughout the movie, and Mrs. Phelan even tells Hilly at one point that she’s a sweaty mess.
Also, Skeeter is shown to sweat several times in the movie, and she even has “humidity hair” when she gets her hair done then drives in the truck.
The thing is Skeeter offers her a ride to work too but unfortunately people are already looking at them funny for conversing like normal. So sad.
The movie is only a symptom of the injustice that began in the Garden!
Sorry but can you explain that?
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Genesis Chapter 3
Symptom?
@@LB0206 I think it’s to do with the Apple/fig.
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The aftermath of the original problem
Skeeter's risk in writing this book was minimal compared to Abileen's, but Skeeter doesn't realise it. Abileen and the other maids risked their lives and the lives of their families. Nobody was likely to lynch, burn or make it so Skeeter could never get another job.
I love all the characters in the Help, and Skeeter was in an impossible position. Yes, that book needed to be written, but by writing it, she was risking every black maid's life. And the acting here is so beautiful you can see that terror on Abileen's face, and the enthusiasm on Skeeter's.
When I wrote "The Privileged Few" - a dystopian novel where social engineering has reached a level where those historically oppressed are raised to elite level and those historic oppressors are given the lowest places, I have a scene where a white man is breaking the very draconian law to bring banned reading material to an important woman of colour. In it, these roles are reversed. If they're found out, his punishment will be so much worse than hers, evading the government is almost a game to her, to him, it's his life.
Sometimes, you don't understand injustice until you're suffering it yourself.
It was in the movie
I didn't know her name was Abileen.
We use to go to a city called Abilene. That's pretty cool.
Where is the clip with the s*** in the pie....
That's in another scene not on this one but there is a clip about it.
Did I not say where is clip?
@@kimjackson3986 don't be fucking rude and look it up your damn self. Ignorant ass
@@hannahbanana7894 why so angry? You don't think your language make you sound ignorant?
@@kimjackson3986 and you telling people to do shit for you doesn't make you sound any less ignorant?