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The Help is a drama movie who released on August 10, 2011 (United States) and directed by [[wikipedia:Tate_Taylor|''Tate Taylor'']]. This movie based on [[wikipedia:Kathryn_Stockett|''Kathryn Stockett'']]'s 2009 novel with the tittle "[[wikipedia:The_Help|''The Help'']]".The Help is a safe film about a volatile subject. Presenting itself as the story of how African-American maids in the South viewed their employers during [https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws ''Jim Crow days''], it is equally the story of how they empowered a young white woman to write a best-seller about them, and how that book transformed the author's mother. We are happy for the two white women, and a third, but as the film ends it is still Jackson, Mississippi and Ross Barnett is still governor.<ref>https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-help-2011</ref>   
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The Help is a drama movie who released on August 10, 2011 (United States) and directed by [[wikipedia:Tate_Taylor|''Tate Taylor'']]. This movie based on [[wikipedia:Kathryn_Stockett|''Kathryn Stockett'']]'s 2009 novel with the tittle "[[wikipedia:The_Help|''The Help'']]".The Help is a safe film about a volatile subject. Presenting itself as the tale of how African-American housekeepers in the South treated their employers during ''[https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws Jim Crow]''<nowiki/>'s days, this is also how they inspired young white women to write a best-selling book about them, and how this book changed the history of the author's mother. We are happy for the two white women, there is a third, but at the end of the film, it is still Jackson, Mississippi and Ross Barnett are still governors.<ref>https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-help-2011</ref>   
  
The Help received 5 Nominations and 1 winner including Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Original Song as a nomination and Oktavia Spencer winning Best Performance by An Actress in Supporting Role in Golden Globe Awards (2012).<ref>https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/help</ref>
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This movie received 5 nominations and 1 winner, including Best Picture-Drama, Best Original Song as a nomination, and Oktavia Spencer won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress (2012).<ref>https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/help</ref>
  
''The Help'', Kathryn Stockett's debut novel, tells the story of black maids working in white Southern homes in the early 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi, and of Miss Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, a 22-year-old graduate from Ole Miss, who returns to her family's cotton plantation, Longleaf, to find that her beloved maid and nanny, <ref>https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/h/the-help/book-summary</ref>
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Kathryn Stockett's first novel "The Help" tells the story of a black maid who worked in a black and white home in Jackson, Mississippi, southern Mississippi (Jackson) in the early 1960s, and a 22-year-old woman from Austria. The story of Miss Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, who graduated from Ole Miss, go to Longleaf, her cotton plantation, and find her beloved maid and nanny.<ref>https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/h/the-help/book-summary</ref>
  
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
Set in Mississippi in the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college eager to become a novelist, but turns her friends' lives and the city of Mississippi upside down when she tries to interview black women who have spent their lives caring for prominent southern families.  
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[[File:3c7d5021-bcc9-413a-9fdb-174de1b0d63b-XXX HELP MOV 03976.jpg|250x250px|thumb|left|Hilli, her Mother and Minny|alt=]]Skeeter (Stone) was born in Mississippi in the 1960s. She was a girl from the South. She aspired to become a novelist after graduating from college. But when she tried to interview black women who had lived in black lives, she Subverted her friend's life and Mississippi City life and took care of the outstanding southern family.  
  
Aibileen works hard raising her employer's child (Aibileen's seventh) and keeping her house clean, but none of this distracts her from the recent loss of her own son who died in an accident at work when his white bosses turned away. Two events push Skeeter and Aibileen even closer: Skeeter is haunted by a copy of the Jim Crow laws she found in the library, and receives a letter from a New York publisher interested in Skeeter's idea of writing the true stories of domestic servants.
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Aibileen worked hard to raise her employer’s child (Aibileen’s seventh child) and keep the house tidy, but none of this distracted her because she had recently lost her son, who was in the white boss He died of work-related injuries while turning around. Two events brought Skeeter and Aibileen closer: Skeeter was troubled by a copy of Jim Crow's law she found in the library, and received a letter from a New York publisher interested in Skeeter's idea of ​​writing true stories about domestic servants.
  
Skeeter is approaching Aibileen with the idea of writing narratives from the point of view of 12 black maidens. Aibileen brings in her best friend, Minny, a sassy maid who is repeatedly fired for speaking her mind, to tell her story, too. Hearing their stories changes Skeeter as her eyes open to the true prejudices of her upbringing. Along the way In December, Skeeter found out that Constantine, her beloved maid who disappeared mysteriously from Skeeter's life, is dead. After [[wikipedia:Cicely_Tyson|''Constantine'']]'s daughter, Lulabelle, and Skeeter's ([[wikipedia:Emma_Stone|''Emma Stone'']]) mother, [[wikipedia:Allison_Janney|''Charlotte'']], got into a confrontation, Constantine was fired. She moved to Chicago with Lulabelle and died three months later.At the end of December, Skeeter sends a book manuscript containing the maid's stories, named Help, to Elaine Stein in New York City.
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Skeeter is approaching Aibileen with the idea of writing narratives from the point of view of 12 black maidens. Aibileen brought her best friend Minny, a cheeky maid who was also fired for telling her own thoughts and told her story. Hearing their story, Skeeter opened his eyes and saw the true prejudice she grew up with. Along the way, Skeeter discovered in December that her beloved maid Constantine had mysteriously disappeared from Skeeter's life and had died. After [[wikipedia:Cicely_Tyson|''Constantine'']]'s daughter, Lulabelle, and Skeeter's ([[wikipedia:Emma_Stone|''Emma Stone'']]) mother, [[wikipedia:Allison_Janney|''Charlotte'']], got into a confrontation, Constantine was fired. She moved to Chicago with Lulabelle and died three months later. At the end of December, Skeeter sent a manuscript to Elaine Stein in New York City, which contained the story of a maid named "Help."
  
At the end of the day it's a secret about Hilly that Minny shares in Skeeter's book that silences [[wikipedia:Bryce_Dallas_Howard|''Hilly'']]. The book becomes a strong force in giving a voice to the black maidens, and causes the Jackson community to rethink the carefully drawn boundaries between white and black.
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After all, Minny shared the secrets about Hilly in Skeeter's book, which kept Hilly silent. This book became a powerful force to speak out to black girls, and prompted the Jackson community to rethink the well-designed boundary between white and black.
  
 
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
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[[File:Download.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Hilli and her friends talking back about Aibileen]]
Some people criticize about the racism and can not be avoided in this movie. But some people says that "The Help" isn't a ''helpful'' resource on understanding racism at all. Many Americans are turning to literature and film to help educate themselves on race and cultural issues, with the sale of racing books and racism on the rise. The problem, however is that The Help" is not an authentic look at the perspective and experiences of racial injustices faced by black people.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/06/08/the-help-isnt-helpful-resource-racism-heres-why/5322569002/</ref>[[File:Rexfeatures 1661170a.jpg|200px|thumb|Hilli and her friends talking back about Aibileen]]Viola Davis who played as Aibileen Clark in the movie said that she regret about her role.The problem wasn’t the part itself, she stressed; it was how the film, a 1960s-set drama about a white woman (Emma Stone) writing a book about local black maids (one of whom is played by Davis), focused more on white voices than black ones.<ref>https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/09/viola-davis-the-help-regret</ref> In the [https://www.usatoday.com/ '''Usatoday'''] she also says "I just felt that… it wasn’t the voices of the maids that were heard. I know Aibileen. I know Minny. They’re my grandma. They’re my mom. And I know that if you do a movie where the whole premise is, I want to know what it feels like to work for white people and to bring up children in 1963, I want to hear how you really feel about it. I never heard that in the course of the movie".<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/06/08/the-help-isnt-helpful-resource-racism-heres-why/5322569002/</ref>
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Some people criticize racism, and this movie cannot be avoided. But some people say that "help" is not a useful resource for understanding racism at all. With the sale of racing books and the rise of racism, many Americans are turning to literature and movies to help them understand race and cultural issues. However, the problem is that “helping” is not a true view and experience of the racial injustice faced by blacks.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/06/08/the-help-isnt-helpful-resource-racism-heres-why/5322569002/</ref>Viola Davis, who played Aibileen Clark in the movie, said that she regretted her role and emphasized that the problem is not the part itself. This film is a drama set in the 1960s. It is about a white woman (Emma Stone) writing a book about a local black maid (the maid played by Davis). The film pays more attention to white people. Not black.<ref>https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/09/viola-davis-the-help-regret</ref> In ''[https://www.usatoday.com/ Usatoday]'', she also said: "I just don't think... I heard the maid's voice. I know Aibileen. I know Minnie. They are my grandmother. They are my mother. I know if when you watch a movie, you think about the whole premise. I want to know what it was like to work for a white person and raise children in 1963. I want to hear your true feelings about it. I have never heard of a movie."<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/06/08/the-help-isnt-helpful-resource-racism-heres-why/5322569002/</ref>
  
 
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Novel "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

The Help is a drama movie who released on August 10, 2011 (United States) and directed by Tate Taylor. This movie based on Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel with the tittle "The Help".The Help is a safe film about a volatile subject. Presenting itself as the tale of how African-American housekeepers in the South treated their employers during Jim Crow's days, this is also how they inspired young white women to write a best-selling book about them, and how this book changed the history of the author's mother. We are happy for the two white women, there is a third, but at the end of the film, it is still Jackson, Mississippi and Ross Barnett are still governors.[1]

This movie received 5 nominations and 1 winner, including Best Picture-Drama, Best Original Song as a nomination, and Oktavia Spencer won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress (2012).[2]

Kathryn Stockett's first novel "The Help" tells the story of a black maid who worked in a black and white home in Jackson, Mississippi, southern Mississippi (Jackson) in the early 1960s, and a 22-year-old woman from Austria. The story of Miss Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, who graduated from Ole Miss, go to Longleaf, her cotton plantation, and find her beloved maid and nanny.[3]

Plot

Hilli, her Mother and Minny

Skeeter (Stone) was born in Mississippi in the 1960s. She was a girl from the South. She aspired to become a novelist after graduating from college. But when she tried to interview black women who had lived in black lives, she Subverted her friend's life and Mississippi City life and took care of the outstanding southern family.

Aibileen worked hard to raise her employer’s child (Aibileen’s seventh child) and keep the house tidy, but none of this distracted her because she had recently lost her son, who was in the white boss He died of work-related injuries while turning around. Two events brought Skeeter and Aibileen closer: Skeeter was troubled by a copy of Jim Crow's law she found in the library, and received a letter from a New York publisher interested in Skeeter's idea of ​​writing true stories about domestic servants.

Skeeter is approaching Aibileen with the idea of writing narratives from the point of view of 12 black maidens. Aibileen brought her best friend Minny, a cheeky maid who was also fired for telling her own thoughts and told her story. Hearing their story, Skeeter opened his eyes and saw the true prejudice she grew up with. Along the way, Skeeter discovered in December that her beloved maid Constantine had mysteriously disappeared from Skeeter's life and had died. After Constantine's daughter, Lulabelle, and Skeeter's (Emma Stone) mother, Charlotte, got into a confrontation, Constantine was fired. She moved to Chicago with Lulabelle and died three months later. At the end of December, Skeeter sent a manuscript to Elaine Stein in New York City, which contained the story of a maid named "Help."

After all, Minny shared the secrets about Hilly in Skeeter's book, which kept Hilly silent. This book became a powerful force to speak out to black girls, and prompted the Jackson community to rethink the well-designed boundary between white and black.

Controversy

Hilli and her friends talking back about Aibileen

Some people criticize racism, and this movie cannot be avoided. But some people say that "help" is not a useful resource for understanding racism at all. With the sale of racing books and the rise of racism, many Americans are turning to literature and movies to help them understand race and cultural issues. However, the problem is that “helping” is not a true view and experience of the racial injustice faced by blacks.[4]Viola Davis, who played Aibileen Clark in the movie, said that she regretted her role and emphasized that the problem is not the part itself. This film is a drama set in the 1960s. It is about a white woman (Emma Stone) writing a book about a local black maid (the maid played by Davis). The film pays more attention to white people. Not black.[5] In Usatoday, she also said: "I just don't think... I heard the maid's voice. I know Aibileen. I know Minnie. They are my grandmother. They are my mother. I know if when you watch a movie, you think about the whole premise. I want to know what it was like to work for a white person and raise children in 1963. I want to hear your true feelings about it. I have never heard of a movie."[6]

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