Women of Controversy

The Help - Main Characters

This film, The Help, showed the close-minded, high society group of people (particularly whites) of the sixties and how the book written in the film, also called "the Help", made them rethink their whole idea of ethnic separation. Not only were the controversial inspirations of this film and book in the film highly favorable but the humor and facts were also extremely on point and attention grabbing. I agree with the critiques of Nick Pinkerton when he said "The Help is concerned with self-esteem. It takes place in an imperiled social system where, by long term tradition, the upper caste of Southern whites reinforce their own insecure sense of worth through keeping Southern blacks in legalized second-class status." I never would've thought of it in this particular perspective but I fully agree in the fact that he's observed that the snooty "high class" white people of Jackson Mississippi want to make sure they keep their credentials by separating the blacks from the whites in any way possible. In my opinion, there wasn't really anything to complain about this film. It is truly made for anyone and everyone that understands what happened to each variety of skin color or ethnicity in the sixties and how most of what was in the film and the book were very controversial at the time. Whoever finds pleasure in seeing karma, justice, and even rebellion take place than I most definitely suggest watching The Help.

Works Cited

The Help. Dir. Tate Taylor. Perf. Emma Stone,

Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard. Dreamworks. 2011. Film.

Pinkerton, Nick. "The Help." Sight & Sound 21.11 (2011): 62. 

Associates Programs Source Plus. Web. 3 Nov. 2015.