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How ‘Survival of the Thickest,’ ‘Mo’ and ‘Shrinking’ Are Helping Destigmatize Therapy for Men of Color
Two decades after 'The Sopranos' helped shift representations of mental health treatment for white men on TV, a collection of ...
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How ‘Thoughts of a Colored Man’ Prepared Kandi Burruss for ‘The Wiz’ on Broadway
Going into Broadway’s musical revival of “The Wiz,” Tony-nominated producer and former “Real Housewives” star Kandi Burruss says that she took lessons from her previous experiences ...
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Behind the ‘Color Purple’ music: How it danced from Broadway to the big screen
After starring in the Broadway musical version of “The Color Purple” from 2007 to 2008, Fantasia returns for the new movie adaptation ... “Bad,” co-writing “Man in the Mirror” and ...
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Why ‘The Color Purple’ has been a source of Black healing — and controversy
“The Color Purple” is not a remake ... When Spielberg’s movie came around nearly four decades ago, some men also defended the movie, including Julian Norris, a Black Chicago Tribune writer ...
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The Great Experiment That Is ‘The Color Purple’
As she passes a group of Black men working on a chain gang and Black ... Celie imagines them in a different movie — one in color in which they are dressed in ball gowns and singing to each ...
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‘The Color Purple’ cast: How it’s changed over the years
Sofia's brazen and unapologetic attitude towards others, especially men, during the early 20th ... Anyone who has seen the original "The Color Purple" movie will tell you that it's hard to have ...