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  • Category: Books (Biography & Autobiography)
  • Author:  Walker, Alice
  • Author:  Walker, Alice
  • ISBN-10:  0671003771
  • ISBN-10:  0671003771
  • ISBN-13:  9780671003777
  • ISBN-13:  9780671003777
  • Publisher:  Washington Square Press
  • Publisher:  Washington Square Press
  • Pages:  304
  • Pages:  304
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Pub Date:  01-Jun-1997
  • Pub Date:  01-Jun-1997
  • SKU:  0671003771-11-MPOD
  • SKU:  0671003771-11-MPOD
  • Item ID: 100291663
  • List Price: $20.95
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Reading Group Discussion Points
  1. Why might Walker have felt compelled to step intoThe Same River Twice,as her title implies? Why might it have been important for her to look back on her experience ofThe Color Purple?What do you get as a result? Is your conception ofThe Color Purpledifferent now that you've readThe Same River Twice?If so, how? Why might it be important to visit works more than once? How does time serve to alter our perceptions?
  2. Compare and contrast Walker's bookThe Color Purplewith the film. What are the similarities and differences between Walker's book and her own screenplay? How are Walker's screenplay and Meyjes' screenplay similar? How are they different?
  3. When Walker first viewed the film,The Color Purple,in a huge theater with only two other people, everything about it seemed wrong, she said. But at the premiere in New York, with a magic wand in hand, she watched the film in a packed theater and was able to say she loved the film. Why might her opinion of the film have changed so drastically? What effect might an audience have on one's perception of a film? Can one's perception of a novel change with different readings? If so, how and why might this be so? What might this say about perception and works of art?
  4. How do you feel about the fact that a white dutchman wrote the screenplay which a white man directed based on a black woman's book? What might have made this possible? Do you think it made a difference in the film? How might the film have been different if a black woman had written the screenplay and directed the film?
  5. One fan wrote: For the first time in my 37 1/2 years, I sat in a fully integrated movie theater. And the 'integration was racial as well as in terms of class and age. Why might this have happened? What might have made this possible? What might it have been about Alice Walker's bookThe Color Purplewhich contributelãÏ
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