‘The Color Purple’: Differences between the January 18 premiere and Steven Spielberg’s 1985 version

In 1985, the director Steven Spielberg released a film adapted from a novel published just three years earlier, retaining the name: The color purpleby African-American writer Alice Walker (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983). For the leading role he chose an actress who had no film experience, Whoopi Goldberg.

This effort was nominated for 11 Oscars, but he received none, despite his actions Danny Glover, Laurens Visburne And Oprah Winfrey.

This year we see the Harris sisters again, Celie (Fantasy Barrino, American Idolwinner of two Billboards and a Grammy) and Nettie (Halle Bailey, The little Mermaid), in a musical supported by the voices of singers HER, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks and Ciara.

Born in Georgia at the turn of the 20th century, Celie and Nettie are abused and molested by their father and by other men, and very young people, they must part to survive; Despite their hard lives, they have learned to write and promise to communicate through letters, but these never arrive.

For thirty years, despite knowing nothing about each other, their lives are shaped by their friendships and rivalries with other women, which are among the strongest relationships in history, even though the men initially seem to dominate the situation by force.

The mixture of Celie’s admiration, envy and fascination with jazz singer Shug Avery (Henson). Shug teaches her more than just how to rebel, he prepares her for the moment when she can decide for herself.

The musical is supported by a soundtrack featuring other powerful artists from the African-American community, such as Alicia KeysMary J. Blige, Usher, Meghan Thee Stallion and Mrs. Elliot.

Will the happiness of The color purple in the new version by Ghanaian director Blitz Bazawule, who premieres next Thursday, January 18? Yesterday the two nominations for Golden Globes Awards for the actresses Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks they were left without a statue.

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It is a drama with room for joy. “It was possible because Steven Spielberg, who has the rights to the original, said yes when I called him and told him what we wanted to do. It is a new performance, a visit to an old friend in a new place. You leave renewed and happy; “There’s a dynamic and a joy that wasn’t there the first time,” he said. Oprah Winfrey interviewed by Jennifer Hudson in December 2023.

Actress Taraji P. Henson describes her as a ‘radical vision’ by director Blitz Bazawule. “This is the first time we are learning the story of this incredible poem left to us by Alice Walker. I mean, we’ll find joy in this version because that’s who we are!

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While for the singer Fantasia Barrino, Part of being black in America is having imagination, something the director promised him because of his character. “We move forward because we imagine ourselves in a better place.”

The color purple It premiered in the United States on December 25.while in Latin American countries several dates are planned between January 18 and 25.