The film version of this novel was nominated for 11 Academy Awards in 1985, but didn't win any, perhaps because of its unwholesome depiction of black males. Adam breaks that stereotype by marrying Tashi and treating her with respect. You never learn the protagonist's married name, and it is her lover, "Shug" Avery, who nurt
The film version of this novel was nominated for 11 Academy Awards in 1985, but didn't win any, perhaps because of its unwholesome depiction of black males. Adam breaks that stereotype by marrying Tashi and treating her with respect. You never learn the protagonist's married name, and it is her lover, "Shug" Avery, who nurtures Celie into an independent, pants-making woman. FTP, name this Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Alice Walker which starred Oprah in the movie version.
The film version of this novel was nominated for 11 Academy Awards in 1985, but didn't win any, perhaps because of its unwholesome depiction of black males.
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