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Originally Posted by unspokenone25
LG, that's a good point. However, I thought that How Stella Got Her Groove Back was a good movie and it was closer to the book than WTE. I just think that WTE went far, far away from the book. That combined with horrible acting from Lela Rochon (Fuqua) and Whitney "CrackisWack" Houston made it a "HATED IT" movie for me.
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We are >>here<< again. The only differences in Stella was the ending and Whoopi's character. Highlight for those who have seen the movie:
She was already dead when the book started.
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Originally Posted by Spinderella
I was about 21 when I read WTE and 24 when I saw the movie. The book was so, so, so good and was one of the first I'd ever read about 'grown black women', so contextualize my love affair with the book. I identified with Savannah and her sophistication.
I walked out of the theater, MAH. My girlfriend who had not read the book was looking at me like I was crazy because of my ranting. She thought it was the best thing she ever saw, since it was the first movie that 'she' saw featuring successful black women. So in essence, we were both craving the same thing, something to identify with.
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Since I was 16 when WTE came out, my mother had to take me. To this day, she is the only one I know who hated the movie and never read the book. She was even saying that Whitney should give her a refund.
. Most people who have read the book hated the movie and those who have never read the book loved the movie.