40 years of 'The Color Purple' backlash
The latest film adaptation of "The Color Purple" came out on Dec. 25. And in a kind of cultural déjà vu, a new breed of detractors have been up in arms, just as critics of "The Color Purple" were when Alice Walker's novel was released in 1982 and when Steven Spielberg's film debuted in 1985. Four…
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