The Help is Really Here

 I'm sure several people have seen a trailer or heard about the buzz on the new movie, The Help based on a novel by Kathryn Sockett. It is a movie that doesn't really hold back about race relationships in the 1960s when Civil Rights was abuzz and equality was not entirely possible for women.
 I want to see this movie because it doesn't sugar coat how race relations were. Maid and employer relationships haven't been documented beyond the fantastic notions that either they were great friends or great enemies. Race in general in pop culture has been so touch and go that most of the time you end up disappointed or angry or both.
 Take for instance Crash. Some people probably couldn't watch it because it was so brutally honest while at the same time some probably thought it wasn't honest enough. It won Best Picture at the Oscars but so many people were afraid of the subject matter, it didn't get the kind of attention other movies before or since have. On the other end of the spectrum race relations are treated too delicately or stereotypically.
 Like on Glee, the lone African-American lead, Mercedes is best friends with Kurt who is gay. It's almost as if it was easy for the creator to put these two characters together because they are the most oppressed. I'm not lamenting their friendship, but it would be nice to see something beyond the obvious taking place in terms of race and social relationships.
 I think that  The Help will open doors for insightful and inspiring movies that do more than just promote myths or cause controversy. Race is still omnipresent in this country as we can't even decide rather to call our president Black or Biracial. Let's hope this movie and other movies start turning a light on reality.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-help-marketing-20110809,0,3410225.story