It would be nice if some people could live forever... RIP to a great actor and human being. He was an ambassador to Japan and the Bahamas for ten years. He won many awards in his lifetime.
Me and my class read the book version of "A Raisin in the Sun" during my sophomore year in high year 22 years ago and also watched the 1961 movie based on it on video after finishing the book.
---This is a rough way to start a day. Is this how this family starts each day--at each other's throats? Could Ruth cook anything more than just eggs--not exactly a nourishing meal for her son and husband? And since everyone was at home why didn't they eat breakfast together? They seem to bicker nonstop and not have any family bonding rituals. ---If Walter is so ashamed of and humiliated by his job as a chauffeur, why doesn't he pursue something else? This was not economically depressed Mississippi that only employed blacks as maids, butlers and chauffeurs. This was Chicago--the nation's second largest industrial hub. Chicago industry was bustling in the 1950s with better paying jobs for blacks (than chauffeur) in many areas. Even though they faced intense job and trade union discrimination, by the 1950s, blacks from the south had been migrating to Chicago for decades and landing jobs in the steel mills, the stock yards, hundreds of factories, and in construction and transportation as well as in government such as the post office. Even a janitorial job probably paid more than Walter's chauffeur job. He also, could have moonlighted as a jitney driver in Bronzeville. So, young and able-bodied Walter could have sought work in many other areas. If southern born blacks were coming to Chicago landing jobs, certainly Chicago-born Walter could have landed a better job than chauffer. ---My late mother, who was about Walter's age, and came to Chicago in 1939, told me how in the 1940s and 1950s that even as a woman she could answer a job ad or go to an employment agency and get a job the same day. [By the way, there was widespread gender pay discrimination. She was told face-to-face by employers more than once that men were paid more because they have families to support. Apparently working women didn't have families back then.] ---Did Walter really miss an opportunity to do a dry-cleaning business with Charley Atkins? It seems he was just talking because he did not have any financial capital or business knowledge to offer a business partner. If he truly had an opportunity, it was his own self-doubt that dissuaded him and not his wife.
I had to read this book for 10th grade Honors ELA II this year, let me just say I absolutely HATE Walter Lee Younger. Personally, I think that he pressured his wife into having relations with him even when both of them knew darn well that they couldn’t afford to have another child and they accidentally convinced, leading Ruth to consider an abortion to keep her family together. Nobody should treat their spouse the way Walter does and sadly, I see many of my peers in high school growing up already to be mini Walters. I feel so alone sometimes because I want to treat those I meet with compassion and empathy, but sadly, today’s culture says that that isn’t “manly”. Well I think treating everyone with respect is manly and nothing will ever change my mind about that.
That’s an interesting interpretation. I’m reading this play this year for 10th grade also, and I can honestly see where you’re coming from. My interpretation of the character specifically is a little different though, no I don’t think he treated Ruth properly, but I also think he kind of had a reason, I feel like he’s the symbol of a man with broken spirits. I like to think he actually did fall in love, but that his dreams were just a bit too much for their reality, and so he became a man who was angry with himself for not accomplishing them and blaming the world for it. This causes him to take out a lot of his anger on his wife unfortunately, but I feel that by the end, he at least reflects on himself even if he doesn’t fix it. People today, especially our age, are sometimes just either don’t know how to dream, or know that they can’t accomplish anything, so they just naturally become “mini Walter’s” it’s sad, but true, and I think it takes kind people like you to show your generosity to the world, to show those Walter’s that they do matter, and that someone does care.
@@sarevlo8089 Beautiful and articulate interpretation in response to a comment that I’m sure came from the heart and distress over how accurately the play mirrors reality, and also concern over morals, ethics, and issues like toxic masculinity, but it was a little surface level… I don’t know if all that meant she hated the play or thought it was trash or what, but I think sometimes people confuse the behavior or beliefs of a play or film’s characters and the content as an endorsement for ethically questionable, harmful behavior and actions, like it’s being condoned. That’s usually not what’s happening. More often than not it’s providing exposure and awareness to issues that need to be acknowledged for many reasons: to encourage the development of empathy and understanding in the viewer, invite self-examination, awareness, and growth, show different perspectives, inspire solutions and change, to honor and give reverence to the people’s suffering and people’s significant experinces-especially if they’re painful or injustuce has occurred! Making films with negative content is sometimes just a way to express facets of the human experience and of life in general, of everything-that’s what art is. If anything, I think of the character of Walter as encouraging folks to NOT adopt this behavior or become aware of it in themselves so they can change it and heal, reducing their harm to others and increasing what they can give.
It would be nice if some people could live forever... RIP to a great actor and human being. He was an ambassador to Japan and the Bahamas for ten years. He won many awards in his lifetime.
I knew his work for "To sir, with love" and I wanted to see his filmography. This movie really touched my heart. Thank you Sidney, thank you.
Rest in peace Sidney Poitier.
THEY ALL DEAD WALTER LEE RUTH BENETHEA AND THE MOTHER
I am never going to eat an egg again.😅😅😅😅
Me and my class read the book version of "A Raisin in the Sun" during my sophomore year in high year 22 years ago and also watched the 1961 movie based on it on video after finishing the book.
That Sidney Poitier actor kid ain't bad I bet he ends up doing pretty well for himself.
❤❤❤ Amen
Superb cast and acting!
My favorite line from this movie is "That was my Daddies flesh"
Currently doing this play in school, love it
I’m watching this in class! We finished reading the book
Same
Beautiful RIH Beautiful Angel 😇 You Are Love And Miss Awesome 🎥
Classic!!!
---This is a rough way to start a day. Is this how this family starts each day--at each other's throats? Could Ruth cook anything more than just eggs--not exactly a nourishing meal for her son and husband? And since everyone was at home why didn't they eat breakfast together? They seem to bicker nonstop and not have any family bonding rituals.
---If Walter is so ashamed of and humiliated by his job as a chauffeur, why doesn't he pursue something else? This was not economically depressed Mississippi that only employed blacks as maids, butlers and chauffeurs. This was Chicago--the nation's second largest industrial hub. Chicago industry was bustling in the 1950s with better paying jobs for blacks (than chauffeur) in many areas. Even though they faced intense job and trade union discrimination, by the 1950s, blacks from the south had been migrating to Chicago for decades and landing jobs in the steel mills, the stock yards, hundreds of factories, and in construction and transportation as well as in government such as the post office. Even a janitorial job probably paid more than Walter's chauffeur job. He also, could have moonlighted as a jitney driver in Bronzeville. So, young and able-bodied Walter could have sought work in many other areas. If southern born blacks were coming to Chicago landing jobs, certainly Chicago-born Walter could have landed a better job than chauffer.
---My late mother, who was about Walter's age, and came to Chicago in 1939, told me how in the 1940s and 1950s that even as a woman she could answer a job ad or go to an employment agency and get a job the same day. [By the way, there was widespread gender pay discrimination. She was told face-to-face by employers more than once that men were paid more because they have families to support. Apparently working women didn't have families back then.]
---Did Walter really miss an opportunity to do a dry-cleaning business with Charley Atkins? It seems he was just talking because he did not have any financial capital or business knowledge to offer a business partner. If he truly had an opportunity, it was his own self-doubt that dissuaded him and not his wife.
This acting is way better than the other remakes. Diddy was horrible.
My favorites were Sidney Poitier and Danny Glover!
I had to read this book for 10th grade Honors ELA II this year, let me just say I absolutely HATE Walter Lee Younger. Personally, I think that he pressured his wife into having relations with him even when both of them knew darn well that they couldn’t afford to have another child and they accidentally convinced, leading Ruth to consider an abortion to keep her family together. Nobody should treat their spouse the way Walter does and sadly, I see many of my peers in high school growing up already to be mini Walters. I feel so alone sometimes because I want to treat those I meet with compassion and empathy, but sadly, today’s culture says that that isn’t “manly”. Well I think treating everyone with respect is manly and nothing will ever change my mind about that.
That’s an interesting interpretation. I’m reading this play this year for 10th grade also, and I can honestly see where you’re coming from. My interpretation of the character specifically is a little different though, no I don’t think he treated Ruth properly, but I also think he kind of had a reason, I feel like he’s the symbol of a man with broken spirits. I like to think he actually did fall in love, but that his dreams were just a bit too much for their reality, and so he became a man who was angry with himself for not accomplishing them and blaming the world for it. This causes him to take out a lot of his anger on his wife unfortunately, but I feel that by the end, he at least reflects on himself even if he doesn’t fix it. People today, especially our age, are sometimes just either don’t know how to dream, or know that they can’t accomplish anything, so they just naturally become “mini Walter’s” it’s sad, but true, and I think it takes kind people like you to show your generosity to the world, to show those Walter’s that they do matter, and that someone does care.
@@sarevlo8089 very well said, and a great reply to the initial post, too. thanks for sharing
@@sarevlo8089 Beautiful and articulate interpretation in response to a comment that I’m sure came from the heart and distress over how accurately the play mirrors reality, and also concern over morals, ethics, and issues like toxic masculinity, but it was a little surface level…
I don’t know if all that meant she hated the play or thought it was trash or what, but I think sometimes people confuse the behavior or beliefs of a play or film’s characters and the content as an endorsement for ethically questionable, harmful behavior and actions, like it’s being condoned. That’s usually not what’s happening. More often than not it’s providing exposure and awareness to issues that need to be acknowledged for many reasons: to encourage the development of empathy and understanding in the viewer, invite self-examination, awareness, and growth, show different perspectives, inspire solutions and change, to honor and give reverence to the people’s suffering and people’s significant experinces-especially if they’re painful or injustuce has occurred! Making films with negative content is sometimes just a way to express facets of the human experience and of life in general, of everything-that’s what art is.
If anything, I think of the character of Walter as encouraging folks to NOT adopt this behavior or become aware of it in themselves so they can change it and heal, reducing their harm to others and increasing what they can give.
Walter was brought down by his family, he should have taken the money and moved to a different suburb
The money was not his to take
Im reading thus is classs!!!!!!!