'The Help': A Feel-Good Movie for Whites

In an ArtsCriticATL.com review, Valerie Boyd calls The Help a feel-good movie for a cowardly nation.

In early 2009, about a month into the Obama administration, the nation’s first African-American attorney general called the United States "a nation of cowards" on matters of race.

"This nation has still not come to grips with its racial past nor has it been willing to contemplate in a truly meaningful way the diverse future it is fated to have," Eric Holder said. "To our detriment, this is typical of the way in which this nation deals with issues of race."

"The Help" -- the film adaptation of the best-selling novel by Atlanta author Kathryn Stockett -- is a feel-good movie for a cowardly nation. 

In early 2009, about a month into the Obama administration, the nation's first African-American attorney general called the United States "a nation of cowards" on matters of race.

"This nation has still not come to grips with its racial past nor has it been willing to contemplate in a truly meaningful way the diverse future it is fated to have," Eric Holder said. "To our detriment, this is typical of the way in which this nation deals with issues of race."

"The Help" -- the film adaptation of the best-selling novel by Atlanta author Kathryn Stockett -- is a feel-good movie for a cowardly nation.

Read Valerie Boyd's entire post at ArtsCriticATL.com.

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