Despite your lip service to criticism,, you use the quotes at the end of your article to perpetuate the old stereotypes. You are saying that the young black people of today are rescued by a white writer, just as "Skeeter" supposedly rescued the black maids in 1963. How condescending of you. After getting your money quotes, did you bother to read any commentary by African-American writers about the film? Here's a start:
You forgot one thing. If something goes wrong with my Windows computer, I'm on the phone with an anonymous customer service agent, who tells me to box up the machine and send back to the manufacturer. When I get it back, it just might be repaired, or I might have to send it back again. . When something goes wrong with my Mac, I can go to the Apple Store OR I can call MacTutor & Service (910-246-2150) right here in the Sandhills. The owner will fix it herself or send it to Apple for me. Ether way, i have it back within a week and whatever was wrong is fixed.
The difference between the actual events you describe in your article and the purely fictional events imagined in "The Help" is akin to the difference between a paper bag full of delicious ripe peaches from the farmers' market and a plastic container of high-fructose-corn-syrup gummy peaches from Walmart.
Don't be so hard on The Pilot. Fayetteville Observer is a daily paper with larger staff. The Pilot had a link to their initial article online by 4pm -- I saw link in my RSS feed -- and they have been updating the article as more information emerged. But by this point (Friday morning) the Friday paper is printed and the next edition isn't out 'til Sunday. It's nice to read The Pilot online, but it's a bit much to expect their free web version to be a daily paper when subscribers are only paying for a thrice-weekly paper.
There is a list of events on the lower right hand corner of the home page, but the Springfest is not mentioned. I stopped subscribing to the Pilot when I realized I would have to dig thorug --sometimes unavailingly--through the paper to find out about local events.
kuaikuai 1 year, 8 months ago
Hollywood's 'The Help' Causes Both Discomfort and Catharsis
Despite your lip service to criticism,, you use the quotes at the end of your article to perpetuate the old stereotypes. You are saying that the young black people of today are rescued by a white writer, just as "Skeeter" supposedly rescued the black maids in 1963. How condescending of you. After getting your money quotes, did you bother to read any commentary by African-American writers about the film? Here's a start:
A thoughtful movie review: http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-10/ae/29872908_1_hilly-holbrook-maids-emma-stone
An interview with Abilene Cooper, whose name, appearance and life story was used without her permission: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2033369/Her-family-hired-maid-12-years-stole-life-Disney-movie.html
Actual accounts of what it was like: http://acriticalreviewofthehelp.wordpress.com/actual-accounts/
kuaikuai 1 year, 8 months ago
Sandy Berger: Apple Gives Microsft Run for Money
You forgot one thing. If something goes wrong with my Windows computer, I'm on the phone with an anonymous customer service agent, who tells me to box up the machine and send back to the manufacturer. When I get it back, it just might be repaired, or I might have to send it back again. . When something goes wrong with my Mac, I can go to the Apple Store OR I can call MacTutor & Service (910-246-2150) right here in the Sandhills. The owner will fix it herself or send it to Apple for me. Ether way, i have it back within a week and whatever was wrong is fixed.
Disclaimer: I am a customer of Mac Tutor.
kuaikuai 1 year, 8 months ago
Basketball and the Cracks in the Walls of Segregation
The difference between the actual events you describe in your article and the purely fictional events imagined in "The Help" is akin to the difference between a paper bag full of delicious ripe peaches from the farmers' market and a plastic container of high-fructose-corn-syrup gummy peaches from Walmart.
kuaikuai 1 year, 8 months ago
SP Man Faces Charges in Alley Death
Don't be so hard on The Pilot. Fayetteville Observer is a daily paper with larger staff. The Pilot had a link to their initial article online by 4pm -- I saw link in my RSS feed -- and they have been updating the article as more information emerged. But by this point (Friday morning) the Friday paper is printed and the next edition isn't out 'til Sunday. It's nice to read The Pilot online, but it's a bit much to expect their free web version to be a daily paper when subscribers are only paying for a thrice-weekly paper.
kuaikuai 2 years ago
Springfest: Something for Everyone
There is a list of events on the lower right hand corner of the home page, but the Springfest is not mentioned. I stopped subscribing to the Pilot when I realized I would have to dig thorug --sometimes unavailingly--through the paper to find out about local events.