Comments on: Precious http://adiaha.com/precious-2/ Adiaha Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:26:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lucy http://adiaha.com/precious-2/#comment-1300 Lucy Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:39:52 +0000 http://adiaha.com/?p=1710#comment-1300 I have not wanted to go see this movie either. I know its great and I love that Oprah is behind it but Ill stew over it for weeks. Im 50/50 on the great point that you made. Images do imbed in the American mind forever. .-= Lucy´s last blog ..<a href="http://postpartumillness.com/?q=node/221" rel="nofollow">Award Winning Ramblers Way Makes Wearing Wool a New Experience</a> =-. I have not wanted to go see this movie either. I know its great and I love that Oprah is behind it but Ill stew over it for weeks. Im 50/50 on the great point that you made. Images do imbed in the American mind forever.
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]]> By: adiaha http://adiaha.com/precious-2/#comment-1296 adiaha Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:04:05 +0000 http://adiaha.com/?p=1710#comment-1296 Oh Damn, gotta go let Owiso know how sorry I am.....it is an excellent show! Thanks for keeping me in the loop! Oh Damn, gotta go let Owiso know how sorry I am…..it is an excellent show! Thanks for keeping me in the loop!

]]> By: adiaha http://adiaha.com/precious-2/#comment-1295 adiaha Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:55:49 +0000 http://adiaha.com/?p=1710#comment-1295 I understand your point and empathize with your life experience. I do understand that incest is not an issue that only affects the African-American community. And that is just my point, where are the movies about incest in other communities? Why are other ethnic groups more reluctant to "air their dirty laundry?" I understand your point and empathize with your life experience. I do understand that incest is not an issue that only affects the African-American community. And that is just my point, where are the movies about incest in other communities? Why are other ethnic groups more reluctant to “air their dirty laundry?”

]]> By: JazzyPudding http://adiaha.com/precious-2/#comment-1294 JazzyPudding Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:21:10 +0000 http://adiaha.com/?p=1710#comment-1294 It’s so funny you should speak on this. Precious was seriously traumatizing for me. I love Drama…I couldn’t wait for Precious to come out. I saw the trailer and some of my favorite people were in it; so my new sweety and I got tickets two weeks in advance to be sure I was there. My sister and I had already had conversations about how my mom shouldn’t see the movie…But I was gung ho. I hadn’t read the book; so I was I don’t think I was quite prepared for what I witnessed. First of all, I am a survivor of molestation…I am a survivor of physical abuse by mentally ill family members; and I am also a emotionally charged and caring person…. this movie sent me somewhere I hadn’t been in a really long time. I was immediately depressed after the movie. I couldn’t stop the tears from flowing down my face…My new sweety; who thinks I am just the sweetest/craziest person he’s ever met…was very concerned and loving…but I just could not get myself together. I was supposed to spend the remaider of the night with him but I just couldn’t stop the tears. Not like boo hooo boo hoo…but little streams of tears..and sadness. I ending up telling him I just needed to be alone and spent that night with medicinal medication and Moscato… Now when you ask should our story be retold with such dysfunction for the world to see. I say yes…though I feel I want to protect certain people from seeing it ( i.e. my mom and daughter) ..it’s a story I think all people should see. First of all the trauma’s and dysfunction in this story are not unique to African Americans….Secondly in order to understand it and have compassion I really think you have to know it exists. And not everybody knows this…So maybe people will begin to understand some of the behaviors…to recognize some of the behaviors…and possible get help before it gets as bad as Precious had it. It’s so funny you should speak on this. Precious was seriously traumatizing for me. I love Drama…I couldn’t wait for Precious to come out. I saw the trailer and some of my favorite people were in it; so my new sweety and I got tickets two weeks in advance to be sure I was there. My sister and I had already had conversations about how my mom shouldn’t see the movie…But I was gung ho.

I hadn’t read the book; so I was I don’t think I was quite prepared for what I witnessed. First of all, I am a survivor of molestation…I am a survivor of physical abuse by mentally ill family members; and I am also a emotionally charged and caring person…. this movie sent me somewhere I hadn’t been in a really long time. I was immediately depressed after the movie. I couldn’t stop the tears from flowing down my face…My new sweety; who thinks I am just the sweetest/craziest person he’s ever met…was very concerned and loving…but I just could not get myself together. I was supposed to spend the remaider of the night with him but I just couldn’t stop the tears. Not like boo hooo boo hoo…but little streams of tears..and sadness. I ending up telling him I just needed to be alone and spent that night with medicinal medication and Moscato…

Now when you ask should our story be retold with such dysfunction for the world to see. I say yes…though I feel I want to protect certain people from seeing it ( i.e. my mom and daughter) ..it’s a story I think all people should see. First of all the trauma’s and dysfunction in this story are not unique to African Americans….Secondly in order to understand it and have compassion I really think you have to know it exists. And not everybody knows this…So maybe people will begin to understand some of the behaviors…to recognize some of the behaviors…and possible get help before it gets as bad as Precious had it.

]]> By: Thom http://adiaha.com/precious-2/#comment-1293 Thom Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:15:27 +0000 http://adiaha.com/?p=1710#comment-1293 Did you hear that the best show on TV was canceled? Three Rivers. I'm so damn mad. It was excellent. Bastards!!! Did you hear that the best show on TV was canceled? Three Rivers. I’m so damn mad. It was excellent. Bastards!!!

]]> By: adiaha http://adiaha.com/precious-2/#comment-1292 adiaha Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:52:15 +0000 http://adiaha.com/?p=1710#comment-1292 Precious was difficult to read and watch. It is proving to be equally difficult to forget. This movie reminded me of how impressionable our minds are to visual stimulus. Your eyes are windows to your soul, protect yours and don't see it. I am haunted by what I witnessed. Peace. Precious was difficult to read and watch. It is proving to be equally difficult to forget. This movie reminded me of how impressionable our minds are to visual stimulus. Your eyes are windows to your soul, protect yours and don’t see it. I am haunted by what I witnessed. Peace.

]]> By: beautifulcurare http://adiaha.com/precious-2/#comment-1291 beautifulcurare Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:45:07 +0000 http://adiaha.com/?p=1710#comment-1291 I'm trying to finish the book...folks said it was a quick read; some said that they finished it in an evening. I am having serious difficulty with it. I know that this is a reality for some, but I don't think I can go to the theater to see what I am reading, acted out on screen. I hear that the performances are quite awesome, but I don't think I can do it. .-= beautifulcurare´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/XqFL/~3/-zlGG38mENo/oscar-grant-update-mehserle-receives.html" rel="nofollow">Oscar Grant Update: Mehserle receives a change of venue...</a> =-. I’m trying to finish the book…folks said it was a quick read; some said that they finished it in an evening. I am having serious difficulty with it. I know that this is a reality for some, but I don’t think I can go to the theater to see what I am reading, acted out on screen. I hear that the performances are quite awesome, but I don’t think I can do it.
.-= beautifulcurare´s last blog ..Oscar Grant Update: Mehserle receives a change of venue… =-.

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