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Was The Color Purple an early example of the so-called "black trauma porn" genre?

posted 3 years ago by TMC-4 (20259)
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Along with films like 12 Years a Slave and Precious:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/o3p7l0/12_years_a_slave_the_color_purple_and_black/

https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterRant/comments/o87vt9/enough_with_the_exploitative_black_struggle_movies/

https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/the-color-purple-was-stifled-because-the-culture-wanted-to-protect-black-men.4519111/

https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/was-the-movie-precious-a-regressive-black-film.4146931/

https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/why-black-people-are-sick-of-seeing-the-media-latch-on-to-their-traumas-more-black-joy.4534695/page-2

https://www.datalounge.com/thread/27636845-precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire

[–] Tongue (493) a year ago

Not sure but I have a few black friends that say the Color Purple started and/or helped split a huge conflict between black men and black women

I will never understand why any black person would enjoy watching a movie about slavery or police brutality