Freepost: The Help- a wonderful movie

Hello guys! We all know the problem of staying up late.. The following day we deeply regret this by being unconcentrated and fatigue. This is what happened to me today, but it's really not my fault! Who is to blame is Tate Taylor! He made a wonderful film called The Help which got me until 2 a.m. so it's definitely worth telling you something about it!

I started reading the novel also, in order to improve my English. This kind of would have led to the contrary, but first something about the movie.

The Help basically deals with the treatment towards black women in white households in the South of the US. The protagonist, however, is a young journalist, named Eugenia „Skeeter“ Phelan, who decides to do an interview with the maids who work for white, young, rich couples, in order to write a book about it. Of course, the private interaction between white and black people wasn't supported by society. On the contrary, Skeeters dream, to give an insight of the life of a black lady working for a white family, was against law. Consequently, her work with the maids was very complicated and they had to keep it a secret. Especially because they lived in a small town and news were spreading like bush fires, they had to go through great lengths not to reveal their secret. Skeeter herself was brought up by a very kind black maid, just like her female friends were. The only difference was, that she had a strong sense of justice. So, she didn't hesitate to friendly talk with the black employers and asking them about how they were doing in front of her friends. Because of doing so, her friends were often looking askant at her. Skeeter didn't care about this, rather was she occupied getting the maids persued of getting interviewed by her, as this would have more than scandalous in the town. Eventually, she could convince Aibileen and Minny, two maids of Skeeters friends, letting her interview them. Aibileen, who worked for Skeeter's friend, was a very warm-hearted woman. Her best friend, Minny, in contrast is quite cheeky, which is the reason why she got fired- also by a neighbour of Skeeter. Nonetheless, she had her heart on the right place and was nice to those, who treated her right. Those, she taught how to prepare delicious meals, in particular fried chicken (yes, there are some stereotypes in the film). Some others had to pay for their behaviour towards Minny, as you will see in the film ;)
I don't want to tell you more, I just wanted to shorty introduce it to you to awake your interest. However, I would like to tell you my opinion on the film.
Although it is well known who black people were treated by the Whites throughout American history, this film emphasises how hard it must have been, being oppressed and being ridiculed by white society. The more I was sympathising with the maids, the more I felt with them. The destiny of these black women was just awful. But now to the positive part of my feedback. The maids are simply great! In spite of getting the portion of deep discrimination every day, they enjoy moments of pleasure and they laugh with each other. The actors were picked perfectly, every one of them! As it made me laugh, cry and think of all the cruelty in the world, this movie turned out to be one of the most emotional ones I've ever seen :) I think it is very recommendable and you should watch it!
It goes without saying that the novel is great as well, I just had some difficulties to read it, as it is written in a strong slang. Therefore, it is not the right book if you want to improve your English. In any case, it is different literature in comparison to what we read in our everyday lifes.

I want to conclude this post with the most touching quote of the film by Aibileen: