Blog 5

I do think that Bobo did scapegoat Steven Spielberg, the director of The Color Purple, in her article; however, like Jared said, that does not mean that he did not deserve it because of the way he represented the movie.  She does substantiate her arguments because she explains that he made a film that does not examine class, portrayed Black men as unnecessarily harsh and brutal and he made Black people as a whole depicted as perverse, sexually wanton and irresponsible, which is representing the Black family as especially harmful.  Also, she explains how the film presented a “face-off” between Black feminist critics and Black male reviewers because the women defend the book and the right of the film to exist, and the males denounced both works because of the stereotypical representations.  Actually, it surprised me that both the men and women did not denounce both works because it was not a good representation for either of them.  But, like Bobo mentions, this could have to do with the fact that women were the original focus in the text, and men were the narrative in the film.  Technically, the film is Spielberg's film; however, Alice Walker gave her consent and even helped with the film a little bit, so people like Bobo need to remember that, too.