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1、TheTroubleWithTheColorPurpleTheColorPurple(StevenSpielberg,1985)cannowbeseenasakindofcinematicwatershed.Itwasasignofthetimesbutalsoofthingstocome:whatwasstillunusualin1985wouldbecomecommonplaceby1990.Sincethen,moviesbasedonthismentalityhavebecomepervasive.Aroundt
2、hattime,blackmencameforwardchargingthatthemoviewassexist(forperpetuatingnegativestereotypesofblackmen)aswellasracist(forpittingblackmenandwomenagainsteachotherinsteadofwhitesociety).Whatcausedtheirfury?Inanutshell,itwasthateverymalecharacter,withoutexception,isei
3、therahopelesslystupidbuffoon,afiendishlyeviltyrant,orboth.Andeveryfemalecharacter,withoutexception,isapurelyinnocentvictim,aquietlyenduringhero,orboth.InTheColorPurple,thiscinematicworld-viewersknowitonlyfromwhattheyactuallyseeandhearinmovietheatresorontelevision
4、-consistsultimatelyofabattlebetweentheforcesoflightrepresentedbywomenandthoseofdarknessrepresentedbymen.Unlessviewerssupplyotherinformationfromtheirownworld(andthuscontradictwhatis"said"bythemovieitself)orfromWalker'snovel(andthusaddatleastsomedepthofhumanitytoth
5、emalecharacters),theymustreachtheconclusionthatmenareinherentlyworthless.Whathasmadethemalecharacterssoworthlessorevilisnevershown;theyjustarethatway.WasitbecauseoftheappallingconditionsblackpeopleenduredintheruralSouthofsixtyyearsago?Possibly.Butifthesituationwa
6、ssodestructive,whydidonlythefemalecharactersemergewiththeirdignityandhumanityintact?Fromwhatviewersareshown,onlyoneconclusionispossible:somethinginnateinwomenallowsthemtoriseabovedegradation,whilesomethinginnateinmenpreventsthemfromdoingso.Fourwomenaretriumphanta
7、ndfourmendefeated:Harpo,theoafwhokeepsfallingthroughtheceilingasifinarerunofAmos'nAndy,istakenbackattheveryendbyhislong-sufferingwife.Nodiscerniblechangehastakenplaceinhim,whileshehasgrowninwisdomandtolerance.Mister,akindofblackSimonLegree,eventuallyrepentsofhise
8、vilways.ButthelastsceneshowedhimsocrushedbyguiltthathecannotbringhimselfeventoaskforCelie'sforgiveness.She,meanwhile,hassuccessfullytranscendedthepastandcanthu
