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				Color Purple, The (1985) | 
			 
				
			
			
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				Film rated 3.8 / 5 
				(Chick rating: 4.3 / 5) 
				(Guy rating: 3.6 / 5)
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		| Glover beats Whoopi cushion. | 
	 
	
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		| Celie's making Whoopi, baby! | 
	 
	
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		| Glover gives Whoopi whooping. | 
	 
	
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		| Oprah gets severely beaten. | 
	 
	
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		| Father fathers daughter's children. | 
	 
	
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		| Avery tries making Whoopi. | 
	 
	
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		| Spielberg: Guilt-ridden whitey. | 
	 
	
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		| Oprah's husband's eye purple. | 
	 
	
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		| Walker's book, Oprah's clubbed. | 
	 
	
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		| Whoopie's smokin' gay portrayal. | 
	 
	
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		| Whoopi's Mister loves Shug. | 
	 
	
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		| Blacks through the fuchsia. | 
	 
	
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		| Whoopi's sole career highlight. | 
	 
	
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		| Father gets Whoopi pregnant. | 
	 
	
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		| Celie's daughter suffers FGM. | 
	 
	
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		| Glover fathers Whoopi's child. | 
	 
	
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		| Glover gets ass Whoopi-ed. | 
	 
	
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		| Whoopie triumphs over misogynist! | 
	 
	
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		| Celie's children, not siblings. | 
	 
	
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		| Serious Whoopi beats violence. | 
	 
	
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		| Goldberg learns to laugh. | 
	 
	
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		| Southern drama, Shug free. | 
	 
	
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		| Whoopi a domestic goddess. | 
	 
	
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		| Abuser, enabling reunion, redeemed. | 
	 
	
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		| Black women, purple bruises. | 
	 
	
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		| Oprah before being famous. | 
	 
	
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		| "Purple":  no Oscar "gold'.   | 
	 
	
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		| Walker's man-hating epic filmed. | 
	 
	
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		| Spielberg sanitised. Winfrey wowed. | 
	 
	
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		| Goldberg marries abusive Glover. | 
	 
	
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		| Danny Glover collects stamps. | 
	 
	
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		| Family. Rifts. Reunions. Oprah. | 
	 
	
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		| Whoopi whipped, purple bruises. | 
	 
	
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		| Whoopi escapes horrible husband. | 
	 
	
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		| Everyone calls Whoopi ugly. | 
	 
	
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		| Spielberg bastardizes Alice Walker. | 
	 
	
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		| Whoopie, Danny share Shug. | 
	 
	
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		| Glover opens Whoopi-ass can. | 
	 
	
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		| Harpo mocks. Oprah walks. | 
	 
	
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		| Oprah upstages Whoopi's spotlight. | 
	 
	
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		| Whoopi, Oprah face discrimination. | 
	 
	
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