Little of Precious

whether anti, pro or not even tangentially related, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that obama is being used in lots of places as as a hook in order to sell product.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/10/obama-coup
race-class denial? i haven’t seen the movie, and putting the objection against trading on the obama association aside, speaking of the cover alone, it was nice to share in her elation, a woman celebrating self acceptance. we don’t see this message enough.

The title of the article is very misleading, because it’s–as you said–little of Precious, but a lot of Lee Daniels instead. He sounds like quite a character and an audacious salesman, but he’s not Precious.

I would rename the title “The Fabulous Destiny of Gabourey Sidibe” see interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NygKgTNMsw . This young woman meets all of the stereotypes of the asexual mammy, obese and very dark –in “Precious” she continues to portray these stereotypes with the additional characteristics of being inarticulate, poor and a teenage mother. And yet she the person, Gabourey Sidibe, is incredible–articulate, intelligent, self-confident, radiant and formidable. While she may look like Hattie McDaniel she is able to play in a film that appears to have a great deal of depth despite its outward appearance of perpetuating stereotypes. I am looking closely to see if there will be a similar controversy around “Precious” as the “Color Purple”. I also am looking to see if people will accept the stereotypical characteristics of Precious based on how she looks in the same way that Lee Daniels said he felt when coming into the project. You may also be interested in the interview with Sapphire about her book “Push” the story on which the film is based: http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/Keehnen/Sapphire.html

I’ve read the article and seen the trailer at the link, and I’m aware it’s a very serious story. I can’t make a judgement on the film without seeing it, but I CAN say that I find this picture of Sidibe beautiful. I love the look on her face and the self-confidence in her posture. I wish there were more about her in the article.

Intending to just glance at it, I clicked to the trailer and then watched it in full. And I wept. Guess I’m going to see this one. As for what the Times and its editors do when writing about anyone not-exactly-like-them, well . . . nothing new there.