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Long Day’s Journey into Night: Reading Push, Watching Precious
by Latoya Peterson, originally published at Jezebel Before reading Push, I braced myself and prepared for depression. Before heading to see Precious, I packed three travel sized packs of kleenex. Full Article at Racialicious
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Yet “Precious” — both the film and its grandly resilient title character — will steal your heart. Lee Daniels, in just his second film as director, crafts a story that rises from the depths of despair to a place of genuine hope. Full Article at Bradenton Herald
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Reading review after review of both Precious and Push, same words keep emerging: "bleak," "pathology," "devastating," and "stereotypes." Full Article at Jezebel
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I actually put off writing this review for several weeks after seeing it at the Chicago International Film Festival in mid-October because I simply could not bring myself to revisit some of the pain that resides in PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL 'PUSH' Full Article at Ain't It Cool News
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I had an idea about Precious ... Abused children want to hide themselves. She doesn't want to be seen. She had nothing to smile about until she had her baby. Then she decided she was going to love her baby no matter what.
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I hope this film changes the industry a bit in my favor ... I want to be funny. I want to be the romantic lead. I want to do something that nobody expects because nobody expected anyone that looks like me to be the star of any movie. So I want to keep changing people's minds.
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The most beautiful thing about the film is the growth that she, Gabby, did
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I was in awe of this woman ... She blew me away. As an actress, she was willing to dig deep and just keep going to where she needed to go. She was absolutely fearless.
