Talk:The Color Purple (film)

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I added another sentence to the paragraph on plot that better explains the story. I also took off a few unnecessary words. --KatieHixson 15:30, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

I have now made a few corrections on this page and thus input more useful information. In addition, I felt like the Quotes section that was on this page seemed to not serve much importance to the page overall, and as a result, I omitted it. I composed another section entitled "Conflicts" because I felt like this is a key component illustrated within the film and helps to emphasize its underlying theme. --Juanfo05 08:31, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Thus far, I have added additional links onto this page. I have also uploaded a photo (jpg format) of the DVD cover of this film. However, the copyright information was not stated in the way that this site requires and will be deleted within 10 days. If anyone knows how to correctly state the copyright information correctly, could you please go ahead and do so. Thank you! --Juanfo05 03:42, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

I added a few external links because they help to strengthen the information given within this page. These links also help to provide any additional information that this page lacks. --Juanfo05 04:54, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

I added a film page on The Color Purple. I feel that what I added is important to the film and is different from the original site on the novel. --KatieHixson 21:11, 17 November 2005 (UTC) I also recently added themes to this film page. I feel these themes are strongly seen in this film and benefit the page.--KatieHixson 22:03, 17 November 2005 (UTC) One minor adjustment. I re-arranged the order of the quotes. I like them better this way because it kind of follows the storyline. No Biggie!--KatieHixson 04:24, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

What is the meaning of the title?

[edit] Lesbian love affair

"She becomes very close to Mr._____’s ex-lover Shug (Avery) and forms a close relationship with her. In the book this was clearly a lesbian love relationship, but the film does not make that clear."

I saw the film and have not read the book. I seem to recall that Celie and Shrug had a "lesbian" sexual relationship, that is, they engaged sexual activities even tho they were of the same sex. In fact, I remember sex between them being graphically depicted. ?? Their "lesbian" relationship seemed rather clear to me, in the movie. --Nomenclator 01:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)