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* [[Asshole Victim]]: Anyone happy that Celie's abusive Pa died? |
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Anyone happy that Celie's abusive Pa died? |
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* [[Award Snub]]: Nominated for eleven [[Academy Award|Academy Awards]] and won nothing; even worse, Steven Spielberg went un-nominated for directing. |
* [[Award Snub]]: Nominated for eleven [[Academy Award|Academy Awards]] and won nothing; even worse, Steven Spielberg went un-nominated for directing. |
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** As well as Mister...even more so than Pa. |
** As well as Mister...even more so than Pa. |
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*** He becomes a lot less of a monster as the story progresses, especially after Celie stands up to him. |
*** He becomes a lot less of a monster as the story progresses, especially after Celie stands up to him. |
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** Really ''almost'' [[Writer |
** Really ''almost'' [[Writer on Board|all the men in this movie are portrayed in a negative light]] |
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*** Samuel seems like a good enough person. |
*** Samuel seems like a good enough person. |
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* [[Dancing Bear]]: The book at least is of arguable quality, but is used extensively for its subject and not its content. |
* [[Dancing Bear]]: The book at least is of arguable quality, but is used extensively for its subject and not its content. |
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* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Wow, impossible to name them all. |
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Wow, impossible to name them all. |
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* [[Narm]]: You feel sorry for the girl, but then picturing the situation and how much of a bastard Pa was, you start laughing. |
* [[Narm]]: You feel sorry for the girl, but then picturing the situation and how much of a bastard Pa was, you start laughing. |
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{{quote|'''Celie''': You his wife? |
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'''Teenage Widow''': Yes, Ma'am |
'''Teenage Widow''': Yes, Ma'am |
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'''Celie''': How'd he die? |
'''Celie''': How'd he die? |
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'''Teenage Widow''': On top of me. }} |
'''Teenage Widow''': On top of me. }} |
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** Considering how often he raped Celie, and how he went through so many wives (basically forcing himself on THEM too), it also counts as [[Death |
** Considering how often he raped Celie, and how he went through so many wives (basically forcing himself on THEM too), it also counts as [[Death by Irony]]. |
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* [[Tear Jerker]]: THE Eighties example. To the point where's become [[Memetic Mutation]] how it's the one film that is 100% likely to make a black person cry. Parodied in shows like ''[[ |
* [[Tear Jerker]]: THE Eighties example. To the point where's become [[Memetic Mutation]] how it's the one film that is 100% likely to make a black person cry. Parodied in shows like ''[[The Boondocks]]''. |
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** In an interview with ''People'' magazine, [[Law and Order|Jesse L.]] [[Rent|Martin]] noted that his first date was to see this movie; he still isn't sure whether he was crying because of the movie, or the fact that he was stood up. |
** In an interview with ''People'' magazine, [[Law and Order|Jesse L.]] [[Rent|Martin]] noted that his first date was to see this movie; he still isn't sure whether he was crying because of the movie, or the fact that he was stood up. |
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* [[The Woobie]]: Celie goes through hell within the first half-hour of the film. |
* [[The Woobie]]: Celie goes through hell within the first half-hour of the film. |
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- Asshole Victim: Anyone happy that Celie's abusive Pa died?
- Award Snub: Nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won nothing; even worse, Steven Spielberg went un-nominated for directing.
- Awesome Music
- "The Dirty Dozen"
- "Miss Celie's Blues"
- "God Is Trying To Tell You Something"; truly a Gospel Revival Number
- Shug busting in the church singing as loud as she can, makes you tear up something fierce.
- Complete Monster: Pa qualifies big time.
- As well as Mister...even more so than Pa.
- He becomes a lot less of a monster as the story progresses, especially after Celie stands up to him.
- Really almost all the men in this movie are portrayed in a negative light
- Samuel seems like a good enough person.
- As well as Mister...even more so than Pa.
- Dancing Bear: The book at least is of arguable quality, but is used extensively for its subject and not its content.
- Ho Yay: Celie and Shug, though in the film version, this was regulated to subtext
- Memetic Mutation: Not in a funny way, but the "All my life I had to fight..." quote from Sofia is one of the lines that people remember.
- Moral Event Horizon: Wow, impossible to name them all.
- Narm: You feel sorry for the girl, but then picturing the situation and how much of a bastard Pa was, you start laughing.
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Celie: You his wife? |
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- Considering how often he raped Celie, and how he went through so many wives (basically forcing himself on THEM too), it also counts as Death by Irony.
- Tear Jerker: THE Eighties example. To the point where's become Memetic Mutation how it's the one film that is 100% likely to make a black person cry. Parodied in shows like The Boondocks.
- The Woobie: Celie goes through hell within the first half-hour of the film.