http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2005/09/26/the-color-purple-on-broadway/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:37:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2005/09/26/the-color-purple-on-broadway/#comment-15736 fshk Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:28:58 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2005/09/26/the-color-purple-on-broadway/#comment-15736 When I started seeing ads for this, I worried that Alice Walker had totally sold out -- the characters are frolicking and looking happy on the poster. I seem to be on some kind of Broadway snail mail list, so I get flyers for every new show in the mail, and <i>The Color Purple</i> went so far as to send a CD with five songs on it, but I haven't listened to it yet. I shall report back when I do. When I started seeing ads for this, I worried that Alice Walker had totally sold out — the characters are frolicking and looking happy on the poster. I seem to be on some kind of Broadway snail mail list, so I get flyers for every new show in the mail, and The Color Purple went so far as to send a CD with five songs on it, but I haven’t listened to it yet. I shall report back when I do.

]]> http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2005/09/26/the-color-purple-on-broadway/#comment-15610 eRobin Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:39:30 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2005/09/26/the-color-purple-on-broadway/#comment-15610 Me too. It's a much better movie about empowered women then the horrible Thelma and Louise, which became shorthand for movies about empowered women. Me too. It’s a much better movie about empowered women then the horrible Thelma and Louise, which became shorthand for movies about empowered women.

]]> http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2005/09/26/the-color-purple-on-broadway/#comment-15539 other Ryan Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:32:18 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2005/09/26/the-color-purple-on-broadway/#comment-15539 Or will the plot focus so much on inventing pants for women? I don't think this can amount to anything but a steaming pile of poo. Or will the plot focus so much on inventing pants for women? I don’t think this can amount to anything but a steaming pile of poo.

]]> http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2005/09/26/the-color-purple-on-broadway/#comment-15535 Karen in Kalifornia Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:14:47 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2005/09/26/the-color-purple-on-broadway/#comment-15535 wonder if the main character will have a lesbian relationship this time? Probably not. wonder if the main character will have a lesbian relationship this time? Probably not.

]]>