In urgent need of a synopsis and brief review of the movie "The Color Purple".

The story takes place in the southern United States in 1909. After Celie, an uneducated black girl, was raped by her stepfather, she was forced to marry a rude and cruel man. Celie called him "Sir" and was horrified. With fear and fear, she began the painful life of a slave. Fortunately, her sister Nandi was with her, and there was some joy in her tears. Soon, this short-lived happiness also disappeared from Celie's side, because "Mr." failed to rape Nandi, so he drove Nandi away in anger, and the two sisters were maimed...

First of all, I think, This accusation against the film ("glorifying black people") is inherently racial. Regarding the first accusation, the simplest retort is: "Why can't black people have houses and fields?" Is it true that black people in the United States have to live in slums today, and the most comfortable treatment in history can only be "Uncle Tom's Cabin"? This rebuttal seems a bit extreme, but if you read a little bit of American history (just two hundred years ago), you will find that the racial tendencies of critics who accuse them of "glorifying black people" are obvious. The film tells the story of the early 20th century. At that time, the United States had not yet fully entered industrialization and was still in the stage of "free competition" rather than "monopoly". As an immigrant country founded by "contract", the United States itself was characterized by its geographical characteristics. The vastness and abundance of resources leave "capitalists" with a lot of opportunities. After initially completing the reclamation, those "ambitious capitalists" are busy accumulating capital in the city "bleeding pus and blood from their sweat pores". What they have no time to care about is in the city ("Gangs of New York" can be regarded as the best Footnote) Stand on your own feet. So leaving a pastoral space for black people is extremely natural - at the same time, when we put aside our prejudice against the United States, we must admit that the United States, which was founded by the "Contract", was indeed more tolerant than "Europe at the time", and there were indeed a large number of Opportunities, even if you are black, but the prerequisite is that you are a hard-working black person. In the film, the family of "Mr." (Xili's husband) and Xili meet this condition, and the small black community they live in also provides them with more opportunities (community is very important to black people, which will be discussed again later). mentioned). After briefly clarifying this period of history, it will not be difficult for everyone to discover what is behind the attitude of the critics who criticized the film.

The second accusation is more professional, severe and more meaningful than the first, and requires us to be careful. The story told in "The Color Purple" can be summed up in one sentence - "A pair of black sisters were forced to separate for many years, reunited after going through hardships, and forgave themselves the author of the suffering." The story involves family and religion. This type of happy ending theme ranges from China's "Nezha" to the American version of "The Count of Monte Cristo". There are countless movies all over the world that celebrate the power of family, love and friendship. Why is there a problem with happy endings for black people? If all the black actors and black stories in it were replaced with white stories, even if they were Jewish ("Schindler's List"), would "The Color Purple" be immune to criticism from film critics? My answer is yes! This self-questioning may be too extreme. Some people may still maintain their own opinions: "Nezha" has long been "feudal dross", "The Count of Monte Cristo" has been tampered with indiscriminately, and "Schindler's List" even But that's it (there are similar criticisms).

But what I want to say here is that the ending of "The Color Purple" must be like this, and it is precisely because of this that the film has real and huge artistic charm.