Their Eyes Were Watching God

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AKA "Okay, Halle can act but only on television."

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 10 March 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

o come on, she was great in b*a*p*s

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 10 March 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

i thot that the messages of hustons novels were bleached out, and a rather tepid melodrama was put in its place. i also was unconvinced by halle berry and her hysterics.

― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 10 March 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

I've seen her lovely "come hither" face on bus stops and bench backs all over town. Is Oprah somehow up in the mix? I imagine so.

― andy ---, Thursday, 10 March 2005 17:47 (twenty years ago)

I read a review which bascially said that they completely ignored the issue of skin shades, and I was like, is it really from the same book?? So I skipped it.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

When they showed the previews for this on the Oscar telecast, everyone was like, "oh man, Halle Berry doing an Oprah TV movie, what happened?" but I was like "it's Their Eyes Were Watching God, dude, you can't ask for a plummier role for a black actress!"

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

I didn't watch it, though.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, they did completely remove the skin shade stuff and pitch it as a straight love story, which is disappointing, but the end result was way more enjoyable than it had any right to be given it was a sanitized miss-the-point adaptation starring Ms. Gorgeous-But-Can't-Act Berry.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I bet it was very good if you hadn't read the book. Maybe I'll rent it.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:18 (twenty years ago)

Probably the best thing for my enjoyment was that I couldn't really remember the book; in fact, most of the things I remembered actaully happend in Sula (which I read at about the same time).

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

Was there a dead mule in it?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

Was there rabies-related death?

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

Yes to rabies, no to mule.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

The whole rabies incident was FUCKING OUTSTANDING, btw.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

I thought only I confused Sula and TEWWG!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

I think Oprah is generally a force for good.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

Don't tell Jonathan Franzen or whatever his name is that!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

I read a review which bascially said that they completely ignored the issue of skin shades, and I was like, is it really from the same book??

I have seen exactly three movies in my life address this issue, and they were all by Spike Lee. Apparently it's still too hot a topic for most everyone.

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:30 (twenty years ago)

There are many that address it obliquely, starting with Birth of a Nation (and probably something before that). I still love the Julian Bond/Garret Morris skit on SNL.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

Which reminds me, why isn't Julian Bond like the president of the world right now?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

It gets addressed on Ego Trip VH1 specials.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)

i lent my gran the zora neale hurston book, she loved it.

― stevie (stevie), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:56 (twenty years ago)

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