tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post5349437178931419276..comments2024-03-28T21:23:54.204-04:00Comments on DON'T READ THIS; IT'S BORING!: You Is Kind, You Is Smart, You Is Important....slugmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-85451321053449496502012-03-27T20:58:27.153-04:002012-03-27T20:58:27.153-04:00Loved the book and the movie. I was really sad for...Loved the book and the movie. I was really sad for little Me Mobley. I'm even sadder that you had that type of childhood. I grew up in the South in the 60s and our parents let us know that we were all smart and beautiful. I have wonderful parents!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01817017829323955078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-3206053037625566012012-03-27T12:03:30.465-04:002012-03-27T12:03:30.465-04:00Luv your blog! Would you know what happened with J...Luv your blog! Would you know what happened with Judy @ finally frugal and happy; she disappeared again?maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385007421759239647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-51620863247168298742012-03-26T17:52:03.059-04:002012-03-26T17:52:03.059-04:00I LOVE this movie! I'm so sorry that it made y...I LOVE this movie! I'm so sorry that it made you cry. It always bothers me so when something is bothering me and I have to figure out what it was that upset me. Usually its one of the kids that is making me upset but when it is a character in a movie that stirs childhood memories that's a tough one. <br />Hang in there.Sonya Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985227040902078422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-71654702732829516762012-03-26T16:57:04.873-04:002012-03-26T16:57:04.873-04:00Very interesting Sluggy - I want to hear more. I b...Very interesting Sluggy - I want to hear more. I balled my eyes out watching that movie too but seeing the excerpt from the book makes me want to read it too. Sometimes things written don't entirely translate to the movie. <br />So, you're Mae Mobley are you? I found that part of the movie so terribly sad but also ironic - that the black maid could love that child so deeply in spite of the racism she herself suffered at the hands of her employers - now that's truly inspired. That is an amazing mantra to repeat to ourselves every morning when we look at ourselves in the mirror: I is kind, I is smart and I is important. Yes we are.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02803104035204416080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-81468304048523102132012-03-26T14:23:57.758-04:002012-03-26T14:23:57.758-04:00I agree with Free! The book was AWESOME. The mov...I agree with Free! The book was AWESOME. The movie made me cry too and I am not an "heart on my sleeve" gal either. I really identified w/Skeeter. I would have been so frustrated living in those times...the toilets on the lawn scene was priceless though.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13884620039283121412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-75252706790064732902012-03-26T13:57:17.174-04:002012-03-26T13:57:17.174-04:00We just watched this movie last week ourselves! I...We just watched this movie last week ourselves! I bawled too... I felt so terrible for that little girl having her "mama" taken away from her.<br />I'm sorry you had to grow up in a community like that!<br />You is smawt, you is kand, you is impotant.McValhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00285808958951068897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-54902992725243327112012-03-26T11:40:55.269-04:002012-03-26T11:40:55.269-04:00This post couldn't have come at a better time....This post couldn't have come at a better time. Over the last few weeks I've been spending my free time at the Barnes and Noble reading this book. I finally finished it yesterday and rented the movie last night. I don't think the movie did the book justice at all because it left out so many dramatic details. The most powerful part of the movie for me was at the end when she leaves Baby Girl crying in the window.<br /><br />I'm so sorry you felt pain as a child. Every child deserves to feel kind, smart, and important.Free!~https://www.blogger.com/profile/06173788955694971214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-8172383841016392272012-03-26T00:15:01.245-04:002012-03-26T00:15:01.245-04:00I loved that movie and went at full price three ti...I loved that movie and went at full price three times. Something unheard of for me. I don't know why. I have endured my own prejudice, in my religion. Good women did not work. You did not display intelligence. If your husband could not support you in a good style you were basically ostracized or were not "blessed". You must have brought it on yourself. You were only blessed if you were wealthy. But you could not bring about that wealth yourself. Your husband had to do it, if he could not or would not their was something wrong with you. You were not asked to join in the reindeer games, your children were not included and you were certainly not in the first social circle. Now tell me sluggy is this what the good lord teaches? NO! It is not what the church teaches either. It was just a small segment of an isolated population that had soured in it's own selfish nasty stupidity. Thank goodness I woke up! That is what I loved about the movie. People woke up. You do not have to be the social norm. You can be yourself and it is okay.In fact it is wonderful!Out My windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456481267171643227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-80155464044368074542012-03-25T21:00:23.087-04:002012-03-25T21:00:23.087-04:00I can't believe I still haven't seen a mov...I can't believe I still haven't seen a movie, or read a book! My library still doesn't have them in stock. But I know quite a bit about feeling an outcast at times. People still ask me if we have bears on the streets in Russia, or if all men are always drunk there. Ignorance can be amazing and hurtful at times. I know it's different but hey, if I was Kurnikova, I might be accepted a lot easier by some people.Lenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16064081200654561079noreply@blogger.com