Comments on: Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push,’ by Sapphire review http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/movies/reviews-movies/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire-review/ Video games, movies, music, and smart magazine journalism Sat, 26 May 2012 02:45:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Brian Honigman http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/movies/reviews-movies/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire-review/comment-page-1/#comment-32446 Brian Honigman Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:02:18 +0000 http://blastmagazine.com/?p=34303#comment-32446 I feel as though this is an extremely accurate review of Precious and the underlying issues seen throughout the movie. I suggest reading this interview with the author of Push, from which Precious was based, Sapphire. She discusses how some women believe through societal pressures that they are nothing without a man, how critics have deemed her portrayals of the black community as too negative, and a few other topics. Read it today: http://bit.ly/SapphireInterview I feel as though this is an extremely accurate review of Precious and the underlying issues seen throughout the movie. I suggest reading this interview with the author of Push, from which Precious was based, Sapphire. She discusses how some women believe through societal pressures that they are nothing without a man, how critics have deemed her portrayals of the black community as too negative, and a few other topics.

Read it today: http://bit.ly/SapphireInterview

]]> By: K http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/movies/reviews-movies/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire-review/comment-page-1/#comment-15703 K Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:17:18 +0000 http://blastmagazine.com/?p=34303#comment-15703 I disagree with your statement that black women are pushed off to the sidelines of the American film market, at least not in contemporary times. I think African American and other women of minority groups have made great strides in the field of acting and it's a lot easier for them to gain access to this industry, and succeed in it, as opposed to even 30 years ago. The standards of beauty in the American movie industry today have switched over from colour of skin to size of body. While Sadibe is a phenomenal and beautiful actress, it's hard to imagine many directors hiring her for top roles in high-budget films usually reserved for zero-waist sex symbols of any race. Sad, but true. Anyway, it's the industry's loss. Sadibe is a very intelligent and dynamic young woman and has a lot going for her. I hop she breaks many barriers! I disagree with your statement that black women are pushed off to the sidelines of the American film market, at least not in contemporary times. I think African American and other women of minority groups have made great strides in the field of acting and it’s a lot easier for them to gain access to this industry, and succeed in it, as opposed to even 30 years ago.

The standards of beauty in the American movie industry today have switched over from colour of skin to size of body. While Sadibe is a phenomenal and beautiful actress, it’s hard to imagine many directors hiring her for top roles in high-budget films usually reserved for zero-waist sex symbols of any race. Sad, but true. Anyway, it’s the industry’s loss. Sadibe is a very intelligent and dynamic young woman and has a lot going for her. I hop she breaks many barriers!

]]> By: Phyllis http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/movies/reviews-movies/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire-review/comment-page-1/#comment-15692 Phyllis Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:14:06 +0000 http://blastmagazine.com/?p=34303#comment-15692 I frankly felt the same trepidation in deciding to go with friends to see the movie. I almost walked out twice because the abuse from Precious mother was too painful to watch. There is a hopeful ending but I was sooo beat up by the details of the abuse she suffered that I still felt depressed when I left the theatre. The pigs feet cooking on the stove looked like a cess pool of bubbling garbage and Precious running down the street with a piece of fried chicken hanging out of her mouth and the bucket of fried chicken under her arm were almost too horribly stereotypical. I had to remind myself that the movie was not about fried chicken and pigs feet but about much bigger life threatening issues. Tried to focus on message the movie attempted to portray regarding the resilience of the human spirit but that message was almost buried in the ugly details. I frankly felt the same trepidation in deciding to go with friends to see the movie. I almost walked out twice because the abuse from Precious mother was too painful to watch. There is a hopeful ending but I was sooo beat up by the details of the abuse she suffered that I still felt depressed when I left the theatre. The pigs feet cooking on the stove looked like a cess pool of bubbling garbage and Precious running down the street with a piece of fried chicken hanging out of her mouth and the bucket of fried chicken under her arm were almost too horribly stereotypical. I had to remind myself that the movie was not about fried chicken and pigs feet but about much bigger life threatening issues. Tried to focus on message the movie attempted to portray regarding the resilience of the human spirit but that message was almost buried in the ugly details.

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