Review: "The Help" offers a surprisingly thoughtful look at domestic racism
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Film Rating: B+
The Help comes very, very close to being a truly great movie. It deals with familiar subject matter, but at its best, approaches the material from a fresh and thoughtful perspective. There’s a message here that’s not so much about racism as it is about institutional thought and culture, and since it’s set in the early 1960s, it showcase…
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