It’s insane that they were thinking toilets transmit diseases, but the same women were holding and kissing and feeding their children, fixing their family’s food, handling their clothing.
Don’t forget the fact that racist whites would also use black women as nursemaids. Racist whites would say blacks were to dirty to use the same bathrooms, drinking fountains and they could eat with whites because the feared disease yet they use black women breastfed their white children. It was truly the height of racist nonsense
Um they did way more than that . I totally agree with you , but they also breast fed them on request . They’re called “Wet Nurses” & they’re still here
The part where Celia suggests that if she were Minny she’d hit her abusive husband on the head with a skillet? She wasn’t kidding! In the book, there’s a scene where a white man intrudes on Celia’s property and punches Minny right where her husband punched her and pins her down as well but Celia saves Minny by whacking the intruder in the face with a fireplace poker and continues beating him with it until he leaves them alone.
Yeah, that was badass. The book also makes it super clear just how different she is from the others - she grew up in Sugar Ditch dirt poor, and the other women didn't respect her for being 'white trash'
You know, your comment has convinced me to buy the book and read it! That scene sounds awful but also thoroughly satisfying to read, Celia and Minny are my favorite characters from the movie. I absolutely adore their relationship they form.
The toilet thing is true. I bought a house in Memphis that was built in 1927. It had a basement, and there was a toilet down there. I asked about it, and was told that was the toilet for the help. It also had a button on the floor in the dining room that rang a bell, to call the help.
In more recent years, people have been trying to say this movie is awful and no one should watch it because it's a "white savior movie." But I watch it and I see a movie where black and white women save each other. Every one of those maids saved Skeeter. It's because of them she grew up to have good morals. It's because of them she got out of Jackson and even her relationship with her mom improved. And Minny saved Celia. You heard it from Johnny. Because of Minny, Celia got better. This is a movie about women deciding to treat each other like equals, even if the world around them says it's wrong.
They could feed their babies our breast milk, but not share a bathroom. Listen to the words of the ending song by Mary J Blidge ! It’s can easily be an anthem for so many survivors of different situations!
While Minnie did leave Leroy, it left out why: Hillys husband got him fired over the book, and he locked her in the bathroom and threatened to burn the house down with her in it. She escaped, took the kids and made a run for the nearest gas station. She went to the country to live with her sister.
For as much as i hated what the mom did to constantine i loved that she defended her daughter from hilly and actually felt sorry for what she did to constantine and looked like she wanted or would take it back if she could It didnt excuse what she did but she grew from it
Her actor did an amazing job portraying that scene because it could’ve easily seemed like Charlotte didn’t care about firing Constantine like that but by the look on her face you can just tell that she hates what she’s doing 😢
My Mom is from Texas and was born in '58. She was raised by a black nanny, Miss Virgie. I grew up in Virginia, but every time we went to Texas to see family we went and visited Miss Virgie for a couple days too. She was a second mom to my mom and a second grandma to us. I grew up with her grand children as my cousins. She passed away a good while back and I haven't been to Texas in years so lost contact with her family, but I still love all the stories my mom still tells of being raised by Miss Virgie. This movie breaks my heart to think about what it must have really been like to be "the help" in Texas in the 60's. But those women hopefully helped raise a lot of the next generation into much better people
Wrong.. if you watch the movie Minnie says with distain the children the bkack women raise end up being just like their mothers. Today’s Karen and Ken’s still in effect.. and racism did not suddenly disappear. It is very much still here.
@@sisipruitt And you’re wrong too. Not everyone grew up the same and it quiet literally shows that with Skeeter. And obviously the commenter and her family didn’t. That’s why they said “hopefully” not that the whole generation grew up against racism
@@sisipruitt I'm sorry, while there absolutely still is a lot of racism ramet. My Father grew up in a house with a southern family that were not racist....Granny had a nanny for her children Miss Mammy and they kept close long after she retired. Invited her to family Christmases every year till Miss Mammy died. Granny ran the first integrated rest home in New Bern NC. and had to chase the Klan off her rest homes property.
My mom was a nanny to two kids for 15 years till she got cancer. She worked hard to raise me and my brother. We love those kids so much. I won’t lie that it didn’t affected me that she got to spend so much time with them. But I understood our situation.
As a Black American, I can tell you that these types of things happened…and worse. My grandmother told me some stories. My family migrated from the South to the North in the 60s, because of it.
😢I am so sorry you had to go through that! It just breaks my heart that people can't see we are all human! And we can't just have love and respect for each other. It seriously breaks me😞
The book is even more intense. From memory Constantine's story is even sadder I think as are most of them (Minny's in particular). She has a daughter who is extremely fair skinned and with blonde hair. This made Constantine and her child an outcast in both the white and black communities. Constantine ends up giving her daughter up for adoption. When the daughter comes to see her mother, Skeeter's mother assumes she is a white woman who has come to join the event which is happening. When she realises who she is, Skeeter's mother is furious feeling like the daughter tricked her as she assumed she was white and she was socialising with all the white people. Skeeter's mother tells constantine's daughter to get out and that constantine can never have contact with her if she stays. Unwilling to give up her daughter again, Constantine leaves.
Bryce Dallas Howard (Hilly) and Jessica Chastain (Celia) were brilliant, and Viola Davis (Abileen) was nominated and Octavia Spencer (Minnie) won Best supporting actress for this movie.
Jessica Chastain was also nominated! Since the movie came out and Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress for playing Minnie, several of its actresses have also gone on to win or be nominated for Oscars; Viola Davis (Abilene, won Best Supporting Actress for Fences), Emma Stone (Skeeter, won Best Actress for La La Land, same year as Viola Davis!), Allison Janney (Skeeter’s mother, won Best Supporting Actress for I, Tonya), Jessica Chastain (Celia, won Best Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye) and Aunjanue Ellis (Yule May, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for King Richard). There were even past winners and nominees in this movie; Sissy Spacek (Hilly’s mother, won Best Actress for Coal Miner’s Daughter), Mary Steenburgen (Elaine Stein, won Best Supporting Actress for Melvin and Howard) and the late great Cicely Tyson (Constantine, nominated for Best Actress for Sounder). An incredible cast of women!!!
This is not fiction I was born in Mississippi and still live here. Things are still like this, just without the signs. We know where we are not to go. My grandma passed about a year or so ago , and was still a house keeper and raising little white babies. While the MS state flag aka the confederate flag was hung proudly.
Bryce Dallas Howard really did an amazing job in this movie because I could not stand her I still can't stand her I hate that woman so much and she wasn't even real that's how you know that's a good actress!😊
Celias husband finds out about Minnie a LOT sooner in the book. And he sincerely could not have cared less that Minnie was there. He just wanted Celia to be happy with him. Celia literally had her keeping up the ruse even when he knew, and she knew he knew.
This is the first time I actually watched this movie all the way through. Its hard watching movies like this but I actually kinda fell in love with it. I might even get the book
Great reaction, When Abilene is on the bus and hears a man named Medgar Evers was shot. There is a movie called The Ghosts of Mississippi, it is based on a true story how they caught his killer 33years after he was shot and killed.
Skeeters real name is Eugenia. The nickname stuck when she was born, and she was considered an ugly baby, and her brother said, "That's no baby, its a skeeter!"
I'm so glad you reacted to this movie! It's one of my favorites. It definitely makes me cry, seeing all the hate toward other races and knowing this happened in my country, and is unfortunately still happening. =[ We still have a lot of work to do.
To really understand the climate, you need to understand that Black people were being tortured & murdered for fighting for their human rights. White allies were outcast & sometimes victims of violence. Speaking out was extremely courageous.
I’ll say that every time I’ve had the chance to meet an Australian person they’ve all been people that don’t stand for bullshit. But I feel your heart would break if you watched documentaries about the segregation era in America.
Skeeter and Stuart got waaaaaaaay more serious in the book. She told him about the book the day before it hit the shelves, and Stuart was even planning on proposing! She goes to the benefit by herself, and shes treated like a complete pariah.
This movie is an amazing representation of the South during that time period. What's crazy is my great grandmother , who's 105 years old today , babysat as kids, and was actually doing this type of work in the 90s! We did not understand what we were saying as children but I was so inspired to show her this movie when it came out. We live in Southern Louisiana and would actually help our great grandma with light cleaning as 8 and 9 year olds. The lady she took care was younger than she was but sickly and her children didn't really have the time to worry about her health. She made no fuss about what she was doing, and we did not realize anything until we were adults and asked questions.
Big thing with Abileen and Mae Mobley that was left out: Abileen would play games with her to teach her life lessons. Example: pretend to sit at a counter, and no matter what, you can't move. This was sometimes played with her brother, so he'd sit and shed throw stuff at him, or vice versa. But the objective is the same: no matter what's said or done to you, you can't move. Another thing to note is that Mae Mobley was also starting school in the book, and she had a seriously racist teacher. The whole thing came to a head when her dad caught her playing the above game, and angrily demanded she tell him who taught her the game. And she said it was her teacher!
The white author of the book grew up in Mississippi and stated she was close to her black caregiver however.. when a woman named Ablene who previous worked for her family sued her for using her likeness and story for the character Aibileen (Viola) without permission, the author denied it. The case was threw out because of the statue of limitations.
I grew up around Ethiopians, and this movie was hard to watch. my aunt (R.I.P) was more than 'other', she was and will always be Family. I don't tolerate people being colorist to others that they deem 'less than', even jokingly. I did a good laugh out of the 💩 pie. #petty
I was born 1986. Yes. But I think every black/POC person still knows how racism can feel. I expirience it quite often even beeing in 2023. And when this movie came out I felt like, this was made for us but especially for whute people who will never understanding how it feels to be discriminated just for your skin colour. Most of them. And I'm happy for every friend and person I was and will be able to show them this movie. Same with "Harriet". If you guys never watched it you should do it. And "Hidden Figures" is also a great movie. Got all three on DVD.
I really appreciate the reaction of this movie. This is the exact reaction I was expecting from you; the F bombs, "puta" jajajaj oye tio, i reacted the same way I watched this in theathers. One of the best movies I´ve ever seen. I can´t thank enough for your reaction. Saludos desde México.
11:35 😄 We had the same situation in my house : my mother, sister and I used one bathroom, and my father and brother used the other. Neither was fancy, both right out of 1970s, but ours had a shower in the bathtub, and theirs was just a shower.
@@asvpxtati RIGHT?????!!!!! I can't believe he edited this and Still thought it was funny. Talk about white privilege. Him using his guest bathroom is NOT the same thing as being thought to carry diseases just from sitting on a toilet seat. I'm shocked (but then again I shouldn't be) that no one else is upset or pointing it out.
NotSoFunFact : In A Deleted Scene, When Stuart Comes To Skeeter's House To Apologize , Before They Go Out Under The Tree The Both Of Them Are In The LivingRoom With Charlotte - Skeeter's Mother. Stuart Makes Mention Of His Last Name And Charlotte Asks If It Is The Same As A Politician. He Says Yes, That Is His Father And Charlotte FanGirls Because That Man Stood Next To The Governor On The Steps Of Ol' Miss InFront Of The Doors " Trying To Keep That Colored Boy Out "
Holy shit. I watch a lot of movie reaction videos. Your response is phenomenal. Your words on anti-racism are an inspiration. Thank you so much! You have the moral values and communication skills we need in leadership. Good luck!
absolutely love this movie, it's so funny and emotional and thought-provoking and eye-opening. love movies like that. it's so tragic that, while things have gotten better overall in recent decades, this kind of racism _still_ runs rampant in america. the west coast and east coast are mostly fine, to be fair, thanks to new york, california, and a few of the states surrounding them being such melting pots of races and cultures (and when i say mostly fine i don't mean it doesn't exist, rather that it's not as likely you'll encounter issues every day, the encounters still happen they're just more spread out and less life-threatening, and even them some towns/cities are worse/better than others). but unfortunately much of the south, north, and central united states are steeped in both "subtle" and blatant racism. :/ that's why movies like this that shine a bright light on the reality of life throughout history and even still today for people of color are _so_ important, as well as the inclusion of more poc in the cast of all movies and tv shows. representation and normalization, and white people calling out other white people on their behavior are _key._
Nope the toilet situation is as bad as it seems. Your woman not wanting you to use it is not a result of who you are. It's bc your shxt. Stinks....like everyone. And you know she loves you. Not the same.
This movie is one of my favourites. Such great actors in this one. They played these characters so well. I love sissy spacek in this movie. The pie scene is the best. 🤣🤣🤣 I cant believe there are/ and were real people out like this. thanks for sharing this review. 🙏💜👍🏻🇦🇺
For the second half of the book, Minnie is pregnant. This is relevant because they mention that her husband never hits her when she's pregnant. Also: towards the end, she has Sugar start working for Celia so she can take over when Minnie has to go on maternity leave.
This is what you called Ignorance with people like this those ladies. Making up gossip and lies and being unfair to the help. I can't stand people like this. But sadly, it's out there in the world and there's nothing we can do about it but try to teach our children to be kind, be respectful, and not to see color, not to see race, but another beautiful child and people. Love not hate. But that's what I was taught by my Grandparents. even though I know it's nearly impossible to help change the world or help make it better.
Heres the bitter truth about the toilet prank: Hilly wound up selling them all to people who wanted to get a separate bathroom for their help, for a lower price. So basically the prank not only backfired, it had the exact opposite effect. Which Hilly made a point to tell Skeeter in front of everyone at the benefit.
The outside toilet part about this movie was straight up BS. Celia Foot and Minnie’s friendship was awesome! Celia didn’t judge anyone, especially because of color because she came from nothing. Skeeter was the same way. The way Skeeter’s mother treated Constantine in front of white women she just met for a pin after that woman raised her kids and took care of her house was seriously messed up.
You think bathroom discrimination is okay? They have all kinds of toilet 🚽 sprays on the market to help with the odor. 😂If my partner or spouse told me we couldn’t use the same bathroom I’d give them walking papers . I do think that if this movie were non fiction, and a maid had done what Minnie did with the pie, she probably would have been lynched.
I don't like it either, that TikTok girl segregating white people to not see that garbage Wakanda Forever film that erases men from existence is NOT MLK's dream. We're supposed go forward, not backwards.
You cannot say you understand, the toilet issue is not the same as yours, clearly in the movie they do not the help to use the toilent because of clolor!
I found you by accident. Looking for something else. I love your commentary and it's so refreshing to see and hear your opinions and perspectives without dealing with hateful comments like the one's I see by so many white people on here.. Thank you. You're a bright light.
3:58- I love us Southerners. "Shut that God damn door." He's right about cigarettes, they're cancer on a stick. 5:30- Look at the hairstyles and dresses, also they smoked cigarettes. Definitely 60s and 50s. 11:50- No sir that's not the point. In case you didn't hear Hilly's prejudice on us black people she thinks we have diseases. She sees us as raccoons with rabies and not human beings. Elizabeth is racist too, but she hides it the other ladies in the bridge club are racist too. 12:53- See that woman behind Skeeter, pay close attention to how she looks at Aibileen. I'm grateful I wasn't born in the 60s, I'd probably be in jail or dead. I wouldn't be able to take being seen as property. 13:42- It's funny if segregation didn't keep people separated they'd see how similar we are. Example; Minny and Elizabeth both have husbands that abuse them. 18:49- It's based off the book, I haven't read the book yet. Although this is accurate to what life was like in the 60s. 20:27- No, Crisco is shortening you use it for cooking. 29:45- Sir, did you forget Minny has an abusive husband? Elizabeth does to. 38:17- There's a deleted scene where Stuart shows his bigoted side, so this breakup is valid. Skeeter deserves better. 43:58- Typical Karen, Hilly. Ruin lives with lies to get what you want. 47:30- I could be wrong, but I think there's racism all over the globe not just here in the states. Then again I haven't been to every single country so I don't know.
Apartheid was a big deal in South Africa. And Australia has a history of racism towards aboriginals and black people as well. And England takes over every country because they think they're superior. Yes, racism is a global issue. Not just American.
You must be new to the internet. There are LOADS of movie react channels with men reacting to chick flicks and enjoying them. And openly saying they love them.
I’ve never watched your channel but i LOVE avatar I’m sad you did not watch the legend of Korra afterwards it is an amazing show that is totally worth it! It also builds on avatar and even fills in some plot holes i hope you’ll watch it sometime.
I heard that the Pentagon has more toilets than they need. It started getting built during segregation and then was finished once segregation had come to an end.
I just saw this video. I enjoyed your reaction to this movie. As much as I did that part of it, I think knowing you are a decent man, just hit me well. Yeah, the history in this world is written in blood. Much of it very fucked up and stupid as to the reasons why. Even today, much of what is going on is incredibly stupid and fucked up. I don't understand the hatred and ignorance of many people in this world. Unfortunately, almost all of us can look at something painful, cruel, fucked up and just sickening that our ancestors did. That some of our family and neighbors are doing today. It makes me wish I could live in a place where I could be surrounded by good people who don't accept racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and who instead want to live in peace together and help each other and be there for one another. I know Utopia doesn't exist. That there will always be dumb shit and drama people argue and fight about. But damn. I would rather try for Utopia and fail than accept living in hell. I am just glad that you seem to be one of the good ones out there. It is nice to know there are some left in this world.
I'm not sure you know this, but you are a good person. It's people such as you are our hope for the future. The country hasn't changed much in private, and post-Trump is has reverted more in the public realm. Evil South. Forever they should be punished for their continuing views...
She tripped while running forward, looks like. That's about right for how it goes when you have stuff in your hands & little training in rolls & falls 🤷
You seem to be confused about what playlists are for. They’re for multiple videos about the same topic or subject. You making a playlist for every individual movie is not only useless and pointless, but it’s keeping you from countless views and subs. I went to your videos tab to see what else you’ve reacted to and scrolled through a LOT of Friends. So to avoid that, I headed to your playlists. Only to find it’s the exact same thing. Scrolling through playlists of one video over and over and over. Learn why playlists exist and use them correctly. Have a Forbes season one playlist. Season two. Hogwarts Legacy playlist. If you don’t do films very often, have a film reaction playlist. If you do, make genre playlists. Horror, drama, comedy etc.
It’s insane that they were thinking toilets transmit diseases, but the same women were holding and kissing and feeding their children, fixing their family’s food, handling their clothing.
+Simone Virden Not to mention, cleaning those very same bathrooms that they weren't allowed to use..
right? it doesn't even make sense.
Don’t forget the fact that racist whites would also use black women as nursemaids. Racist whites would say blacks were to dirty to use the same bathrooms, drinking fountains and they could eat with whites because the feared disease yet they use black women breastfed their white children. It was truly the height of racist nonsense
Um they did way more than that . I totally agree with you , but they also breast fed them on request . They’re called “Wet Nurses” & they’re still here
I don't see a sink in that extra bathroom, they're actually promoting the spread of germs.
The part where Celia suggests that if she were Minny she’d hit her abusive husband on the head with a skillet? She wasn’t kidding! In the book, there’s a scene where a white man intrudes on Celia’s property and punches Minny right where her husband punched her and pins her down as well but Celia saves Minny by whacking the intruder in the face with a fireplace poker and continues beating him with it until he leaves them alone.
Yeah, that was badass.
The book also makes it super clear just how different she is from the others - she grew up in Sugar Ditch dirt poor, and the other women didn't respect her for being 'white trash'
Although it's still bad advice when it comes to domestic abuse. That's like saying," How do you put out a fire? Water or gasoline?"
Yeah she did! I have that book!
You know, your comment has convinced me to buy the book and read it! That scene sounds awful but also thoroughly satisfying to read, Celia and Minny are my favorite characters from the movie. I absolutely adore their relationship they form.
yeah, Celia was a badass! I wish they could have included that screen somehow but I understand it wouldn't exactly fit
The toilet thing is true. I bought a house in Memphis that was built in 1927. It had a basement, and there was a toilet down there. I asked about it, and was told that was the toilet for the help. It also had a button on the floor in the dining room that rang a bell, to call the help.
In more recent years, people have been trying to say this movie is awful and no one should watch it because it's a "white savior movie." But I watch it and I see a movie where black and white women save each other. Every one of those maids saved Skeeter. It's because of them she grew up to have good morals. It's because of them she got out of Jackson and even her relationship with her mom improved. And Minny saved Celia. You heard it from Johnny. Because of Minny, Celia got better.
This is a movie about women deciding to treat each other like equals, even if the world around them says it's wrong.
No no not people, leftist extremists lol
Yes. This movie is brilliant
it's a good movie but that doesn't mean it's free from critique
People need to stop calling the film "white savior" they are dead wrong 😤 need to shut up.
It does have some stereotypical elements but its a sweet movie.
They could feed their babies our breast milk, but not share a bathroom. Listen to the words of the ending song by Mary J Blidge ! It’s can easily be an anthem for so many survivors of different situations!
While Minnie did leave Leroy, it left out why:
Hillys husband got him fired over the book, and he locked her in the bathroom and threatened to burn the house down with her in it.
She escaped, took the kids and made a run for the nearest gas station.
She went to the country to live with her sister.
For as much as i hated what the mom did to constantine i loved that she defended her daughter from hilly and actually felt sorry for what she did to constantine and looked like she wanted or would take it back if she could
It didnt excuse what she did but she grew from it
When Charlotte says she went to Constantine's house the next day, it made me thought she planned to talk to her and apologize
Her actor did an amazing job portraying that scene because it could’ve easily seemed like Charlotte didn’t care about firing Constantine like that but by the look on her face you can just tell that she hates what she’s doing 😢
My Mom is from Texas and was born in '58. She was raised by a black nanny, Miss Virgie. I grew up in Virginia, but every time we went to Texas to see family we went and visited Miss Virgie for a couple days too. She was a second mom to my mom and a second grandma to us. I grew up with her grand children as my cousins. She passed away a good while back and I haven't been to Texas in years so lost contact with her family, but I still love all the stories my mom still tells of being raised by Miss Virgie. This movie breaks my heart to think about what it must have really been like to be "the help" in Texas in the 60's. But those women hopefully helped raise a lot of the next generation into much better people
Wrong.. if you watch the movie Minnie says with distain the children the bkack women raise end up being just like their mothers. Today’s Karen and Ken’s still in effect.. and racism did not suddenly disappear. It is very much still here.
@@sisipruitt And you’re wrong too. Not everyone grew up the same and it quiet literally shows that with Skeeter. And obviously the commenter and her family didn’t. That’s why they said “hopefully” not that the whole generation grew up against racism
@@sisipruitt I'm sorry, while there absolutely still is a lot of racism ramet. My Father grew up in a house with a southern family that were not racist....Granny had a nanny for her children Miss Mammy and they kept close long after she retired. Invited her to family Christmases every year till Miss Mammy died. Granny ran the first integrated rest home in New Bern NC. and had to chase the Klan off her rest homes property.
My mom was a nanny to two kids for 15 years till she got cancer. She worked hard to raise me and my brother. We love those kids so much. I won’t lie that it didn’t affected me that she got to spend so much time with them. But I understood our situation.
As a Black American, I can tell you that these types of things happened…and worse. My grandmother told me some stories. My family migrated from the South to the North in the 60s, because of it.
😢I am so sorry you had to go through that! It just breaks my heart that people can't see we are all human! And we can't just have love and respect for each other. It seriously breaks me😞
The book is even more intense. From memory Constantine's story is even sadder I think as are most of them (Minny's in particular). She has a daughter who is extremely fair skinned and with blonde hair. This made Constantine and her child an outcast in both the white and black communities. Constantine ends up giving her daughter up for adoption. When the daughter comes to see her mother, Skeeter's mother assumes she is a white woman who has come to join the event which is happening. When she realises who she is, Skeeter's mother is furious feeling like the daughter tricked her as she assumed she was white and she was socialising with all the white people. Skeeter's mother tells constantine's daughter to get out and that constantine can never have contact with her if she stays. Unwilling to give up her daughter again, Constantine leaves.
So that's why Constantine left. I don't blame her. That's why the b1tc# got cancer. What goes around comes around.
The outdoor bathrooms they'd have built for the maids would've been miserably hot and humid. The deep south is nasty in the summer.
Bryce Dallas Howard (Hilly) and Jessica Chastain (Celia) were brilliant, and Viola Davis (Abileen) was nominated and Octavia Spencer (Minnie) won Best supporting actress for this movie.
Jessica Chastain was also nominated! Since the movie came out and Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress for playing Minnie, several of its actresses have also gone on to win or be nominated for Oscars; Viola Davis (Abilene, won Best Supporting Actress for Fences), Emma Stone (Skeeter, won Best Actress for La La Land, same year as Viola Davis!), Allison Janney (Skeeter’s mother, won Best Supporting Actress for I, Tonya), Jessica Chastain (Celia, won Best Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye) and Aunjanue Ellis (Yule May, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for King Richard). There were even past winners and nominees in this movie; Sissy Spacek (Hilly’s mother, won Best Actress for Coal Miner’s Daughter), Mary Steenburgen (Elaine Stein, won Best Supporting Actress for Melvin and Howard) and the late great Cicely Tyson (Constantine, nominated for Best Actress for Sounder). An incredible cast of women!!!
This is not fiction I was born in Mississippi and still live here. Things are still like this, just without the signs. We know where we are not to go. My grandma passed about a year or so ago , and was still a house keeper and raising little white babies. While the MS state flag aka the confederate flag was hung proudly.
I love Minnys and Celias relationship😊 Johnny was the man....😊
I read the book....Elisabeth was a b.... in the book.....
They're like a mother and a daughter when they interact together.
For me, Elisabeth is more snob than bad
Bryce Dallas Howard really did an amazing job in this movie because I could not stand her I still can't stand her I hate that woman so much and she wasn't even real that's how you know that's a good actress!😊
Celias husband finds out about Minnie a LOT sooner in the book.
And he sincerely could not have cared less that Minnie was there. He just wanted Celia to be happy with him.
Celia literally had her keeping up the ruse even when he knew, and she knew he knew.
This is the first time I actually watched this movie all the way through. Its hard watching movies like this but I actually kinda fell in love with it. I might even get the book
Great reaction, When Abilene is on the bus and hears a man named Medgar Evers was shot. There is a movie called The Ghosts of Mississippi, it is based on a true story how they caught his killer 33years after he was shot and killed.
Skeeters real name is Eugenia.
The nickname stuck when she was born, and she was considered an ugly baby, and her brother said, "That's no baby, its a skeeter!"
I'm so glad you reacted to this movie! It's one of my favorites. It definitely makes me cry, seeing all the hate toward other races and knowing this happened in my country, and is unfortunately still happening. =[ We still have a lot of work to do.
That ending was like getting stabbed and having the knife TWISTED. T_T
This and hidden figures are my fav and nobody can make me change my mind
To really understand the climate, you need to understand that Black people were being tortured & murdered for fighting for their human rights. White allies were outcast & sometimes victims of violence. Speaking out was extremely courageous.
6:08 and 6:23 when you tell the villains you hate the most
A long walk home is a good movie that has Whoopi Goldberg in it
I’ll say that every time I’ve had the chance to meet an Australian person they’ve all been people that don’t stand for bullshit.
But I feel your heart would break if you watched documentaries about the segregation era in America.
Skeeter and Stuart got waaaaaaaay more serious in the book.
She told him about the book the day before it hit the shelves, and Stuart was even planning on proposing!
She goes to the benefit by herself, and shes treated like a complete pariah.
This movie is an amazing representation of the South during that time period. What's crazy is my great grandmother , who's 105 years old today , babysat as kids, and was actually doing this type of work in the 90s! We did not understand what we were saying as children but I was so inspired to show her this movie when it came out. We live in Southern Louisiana and would actually help our great grandma with light cleaning as 8 and 9 year olds. The lady she took care was younger than she was but sickly and her children didn't really have the time to worry about her health. She made no fuss about what she was doing, and we did not realize anything until we were adults and asked questions.
Your shock about racism shocks me. I thought b everyone knew....I'm black 27 in America....this is simply regular for me.
Not these days though thankfully
Big thing with Abileen and Mae Mobley that was left out:
Abileen would play games with her to teach her life lessons.
Example: pretend to sit at a counter, and no matter what, you can't move. This was sometimes played with her brother, so he'd sit and shed throw stuff at him, or vice versa. But the objective is the same: no matter what's said or done to you, you can't move.
Another thing to note is that Mae Mobley was also starting school in the book, and she had a seriously racist teacher.
The whole thing came to a head when her dad caught her playing the above game, and angrily demanded she tell him who taught her the game.
And she said it was her teacher!
I love this movie. I think we all felt the same way watching this movie. If you have a heart.
One of my favorite movies. The Secret Life of Bees is another great movie to watch. I love your perspective on issues too 💞
The white author of the book grew up in Mississippi and stated she was close to her black caregiver however.. when a woman named Ablene who previous worked for her family sued her for using her likeness and story for the character Aibileen (Viola) without permission, the author denied it. The case was threw out because of the statue of limitations.
I grew up around Ethiopians, and this movie was hard to watch. my aunt (R.I.P) was more than 'other', she was and will always be Family. I don't tolerate people being colorist to others that they deem 'less than', even jokingly. I did a good laugh out of the 💩 pie. #petty
Me, I'm a black woman who was adopted 13 months by a white couple so I'm often sad when I watch movies like that even if the story is good.
"Courage is your friend." (45:50) I love that. I put it in the front of my journal to remind myself.
I have been waiting to see someone react to this for a long time, great job!
I was born 1986. Yes. But I think every black/POC person still knows how racism can feel. I expirience it quite often even beeing in 2023. And when this movie came out I felt like, this was made for us but especially for whute people who will never understanding how it feels to be discriminated just for your skin colour. Most of them. And I'm happy for every friend and person I was and will be able to show them this movie.
Same with "Harriet". If you guys never watched it you should do it.
And "Hidden Figures" is also a great movie.
Got all three on DVD.
This movie is great. Honestly the pie scene is the greatest scene in anything ever! Yay!!!
I love when Hilly screams after readkng this part in the book
@@a.g.demada5263 oh yeah.
I really appreciate the reaction of this movie. This is the exact reaction I was expecting from you; the F bombs, "puta" jajajaj oye tio, i reacted the same way I watched this in theathers. One of the best movies I´ve ever seen. I can´t thank enough for your reaction. Saludos desde México.
11:35 😄
We had the same situation in my house : my mother, sister and I used one bathroom, and my father and brother used the other. Neither was fancy, both right out of 1970s, but ours had a shower in the bathtub, and theirs was just a shower.
It's not the same thing. Ya'll kill me with these "comparisons".
@@asvpxtati Sorry, Tati.
@@asvpxtati RIGHT?????!!!!! I can't believe he edited this and Still thought it was funny. Talk about white privilege. Him using his guest bathroom is NOT the same thing as being thought to carry diseases just from sitting on a toilet seat. I'm shocked (but then again I shouldn't be) that no one else is upset or pointing it out.
NotSoFunFact :
In A Deleted Scene, When Stuart Comes To Skeeter's House To Apologize , Before They Go Out Under The Tree The Both Of Them Are In The LivingRoom With Charlotte - Skeeter's Mother. Stuart Makes Mention Of His Last Name And Charlotte Asks If It Is The Same As A Politician. He Says Yes, That Is His Father And Charlotte FanGirls Because That Man Stood Next To The Governor On The Steps Of Ol' Miss InFront Of The Doors " Trying To Keep That Colored Boy Out "
Ive been WAITING for someone to do this.
31:21 This part of the movie was when I couldn't look at the pie because ...... we now know the secret ingredient to the pie was
Holy shit. I watch a lot of movie reaction videos. Your response is phenomenal. Your words on anti-racism are an inspiration. Thank you so much! You have the moral values and communication skills we need in leadership. Good luck!
Kia Ora Dillon!
Thank you so much!
Keep up the great work, I hope you enjoyed your weekend.
Cheers mate!
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There are a lot of Hillys in American society. They're called "Karens" now.
absolutely love this movie, it's so funny and emotional and thought-provoking and eye-opening. love movies like that.
it's so tragic that, while things have gotten better overall in recent decades, this kind of racism _still_ runs rampant in america. the west coast and east coast are mostly fine, to be fair, thanks to new york, california, and a few of the states surrounding them being such melting pots of races and cultures (and when i say mostly fine i don't mean it doesn't exist, rather that it's not as likely you'll encounter issues every day, the encounters still happen they're just more spread out and less life-threatening, and even them some towns/cities are worse/better than others). but unfortunately much of the south, north, and central united states are steeped in both "subtle" and blatant racism. :/ that's why movies like this that shine a bright light on the reality of life throughout history and even still today for people of color are _so_ important, as well as the inclusion of more poc in the cast of all movies and tv shows. representation and normalization, and white people calling out other white people on their behavior are _key._
Don't forget to keep minorities in check too to not be racist bigots either.
Nope the toilet situation is as bad as it seems. Your woman not wanting you to use it is not a result of who you are. It's bc your shxt. Stinks....like everyone. And you know she loves you. Not the same.
Thank you!
SO GLAD SOMEONE ELSE POINTED IT OUT. I got SO mad at that. And even more upset that hardly anybody in the comments is pointing it out.
Great reaction to a great movie. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this with you.
This movie is one of my favourites. Such great actors in this one. They played these characters so well. I love sissy spacek in this movie. The pie scene is the best. 🤣🤣🤣 I cant believe there are/ and were real people out like this. thanks for sharing this review. 🙏💜👍🏻🇦🇺
For the second half of the book, Minnie is pregnant.
This is relevant because they mention that her husband never hits her when she's pregnant.
Also: towards the end, she has Sugar start working for Celia so she can take over when Minnie has to go on maternity leave.
My Grandmother was born in 1908 and she told me stories exactly like this. And worse.
This is what you called Ignorance with people like this those ladies. Making up gossip and lies and being unfair to the help. I can't stand people like this. But sadly, it's out there in the world and there's nothing we can do about it but try to teach our children to be kind, be respectful, and not to see color, not to see race, but another beautiful child and people. Love not hate. But that's what I was taught by my Grandparents. even though I know it's nearly impossible to help change the world or help make it better.
You need to watch 12 years of slave. You will change your tune once you see wat happens when you stand up during those times.
5:53 LMAO he's had enough of them
Power is a cancer. I love the words spoken by Abilene in the end.. "ain't you tired?"
The book is so good also if you ever have time to check that out!
its ironic cause now Mississippi its trying to bring back jim crow laws.
I love this movie 😊❤
great historical fiction film!!
These are all true events in American history. Some of this behavior still happens, but now there are laws to combat such treatment.
Heres the bitter truth about the toilet prank:
Hilly wound up selling them all to people who wanted to get a separate bathroom for their help, for a lower price. So basically the prank not only backfired, it had the exact opposite effect.
Which Hilly made a point to tell Skeeter in front of everyone at the benefit.
Abileen takes over as the next Miss Myrna. Skeeter hands it over before leaving for New York.
I love this movie.
The outside toilet part about this movie was straight up BS. Celia Foot and Minnie’s friendship was awesome! Celia didn’t judge anyone, especially because of color because she came from nothing. Skeeter was the same way. The way Skeeter’s mother treated Constantine in front of white women she just met for a pin after that woman raised her kids and took care of her house was seriously messed up.
18:02 this whole bit right here is Abileens line in the book!
You think bathroom discrimination is okay? They have all kinds of toilet 🚽 sprays on the market to help with the odor. 😂If my partner or spouse told me we couldn’t use the same bathroom I’d give them walking papers . I do think that if this movie were non fiction, and a maid had done what Minnie did with the pie, she probably would have been lynched.
Great Reaction! Subscribed!. You are a true Empath sir. Congrats ❤️ for your humanity. You would enjoy 'Hidden Figures' as well.
Thank for reacting to this great great film ❤
The truth is heartbreaking 😢
Just a complete beep the whole hour 😄
Um, America is headed back in this direction. I don't like it. It's kind of scary 😨
Yep.
I don't like it either, that TikTok girl segregating white people to not see that garbage Wakanda Forever film that erases men from existence is NOT MLK's dream. We're supposed go forward, not backwards.
You cannot say you understand, the toilet issue is not the same as yours, clearly in the movie they do not the help to use the toilent because of clolor!
Baby blues = postpartum depression.
You're watching a movie called "She Ate Shit"? Is this a typo?
I found you by accident. Looking for something else. I love your commentary and it's so refreshing to see and hear your opinions and perspectives without dealing with hateful comments like the one's I see by so many white people on here.. Thank you. You're a bright light.
Great reaction
3:58- I love us Southerners. "Shut that God damn door." He's right about cigarettes, they're cancer on a stick.
5:30- Look at the hairstyles and dresses, also they smoked cigarettes. Definitely 60s and 50s.
11:50- No sir that's not the point. In case you didn't hear Hilly's prejudice on us black people she thinks we have diseases. She sees us as raccoons with rabies and not human beings. Elizabeth is racist too, but she hides it the other ladies in the bridge club are racist too.
12:53- See that woman behind Skeeter, pay close attention to how she looks at Aibileen. I'm grateful I wasn't born in the 60s, I'd probably be in jail or dead. I wouldn't be able to take being seen as property.
13:42- It's funny if segregation didn't keep people separated they'd see how similar we are. Example; Minny and Elizabeth both have husbands that abuse them.
18:49- It's based off the book, I haven't read the book yet. Although this is accurate to what life was like in the 60s.
20:27- No, Crisco is shortening you use it for cooking.
29:45- Sir, did you forget Minny has an abusive husband? Elizabeth does to.
38:17- There's a deleted scene where Stuart shows his bigoted side, so this breakup is valid. Skeeter deserves better.
43:58- Typical Karen, Hilly. Ruin lives with lies to get what you want.
47:30- I could be wrong, but I think there's racism all over the globe not just here in the states. Then again I haven't been to every single country so I don't know.
Apartheid was a big deal in South Africa. And Australia has a history of racism towards aboriginals and black people as well. And England takes over every country because they think they're superior. Yes, racism is a global issue. Not just American.
You are kind you are smart you are important
20:55: First time I've ever heard a man admit he's enjoying a 'Chick film'. 😁Far as I'm concerned, Chick films have the best stories.
~Jenn-X ♊
You must be new to the internet. There are LOADS of movie react channels with men reacting to chick flicks and enjoying them. And openly saying they love them.
I’ve never watched your channel but i LOVE avatar I’m sad you did not watch the legend of Korra afterwards it is an amazing show that is totally worth it! It also builds on avatar and even fills in some plot holes i hope you’ll watch it sometime.
I heard that the Pentagon has more toilets than they need. It started getting built during segregation and then was finished once segregation had come to an end.
Toilet. '' I understand this whole situation is quite degrading, but'' BUT? Fool
I like that movie.
I just saw this video. I enjoyed your reaction to this movie.
As much as I did that part of it, I think knowing you are a decent man, just hit me well. Yeah, the history in this world is written in blood. Much of it very fucked up and stupid as to the reasons why.
Even today, much of what is going on is incredibly stupid and fucked up. I don't understand the hatred and ignorance of many people in this world.
Unfortunately, almost all of us can look at something painful, cruel, fucked up and just sickening that our ancestors did. That some of our family and neighbors are doing today.
It makes me wish I could live in a place where I could be surrounded by good people who don't accept racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and who instead want to live in peace together and help each other and be there for one another.
I know Utopia doesn't exist. That there will always be dumb shit and drama people argue and fight about. But damn. I would rather try for Utopia and fail than accept living in hell.
I am just glad that you seem to be one of the good ones out there. It is nice to know there are some left in this world.
When you realize, abeline had a part in raiding hilly, and hilly turned horrible, it’s really sad. But love milly
Wait, what? You're Filipino? Did not expect THAT.
Literally the ignorance of that time was seriously unreal.
How were aboriginal people treated in Australia? Was it similar to this at all?
Oz these are real events.
I love that you offer. Honey, wear my skin and speak
I'm not sure you know this, but you are a good person. It's people such as you are our hope for the future. The country hasn't changed much in private, and post-Trump is has reverted more in the public realm. Evil South. Forever they should be punished for their continuing views...
I feel bad for laughing at 26:03 but why she fall like that 😭
She tripped while running forward, looks like. That's about right for how it goes when you have stuff in your hands & little training in rolls & falls 🤷
PLEASE!
React to Rosewood (1997)
You want more of a taste of reality in movies on Americas racist history??
There’s a wealth of it!
You seem to be confused about what playlists are for. They’re for multiple videos about the same topic or subject. You making a playlist for every individual movie is not only useless and pointless, but it’s keeping you from countless views and subs. I went to your videos tab to see what else you’ve reacted to and scrolled through a LOT of Friends. So to avoid that, I headed to your playlists. Only to find it’s the exact same thing. Scrolling through playlists of one video over and over and over. Learn why playlists exist and use them correctly. Have a Forbes season one playlist. Season two. Hogwarts Legacy playlist. If you don’t do films very often, have a film reaction playlist. If you do, make genre playlists. Horror, drama, comedy etc.
31:03
Please react to "Greenbook" Starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali.
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