Yes, "The Color Purple" movie musical cuts a ton of songs from the Broadway show. But it also puts Shug and Celie's queer love story front and center.

Phylicia Pearl Mpasi as Young Celie and Halle Bailey as Young Nettie in The Color Purple, 2023Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures ...

In the original, we get a fun scene of Nettie teaching Celie how to read by placing names on different objects like “apple,” “iron,” and “kettle.” Sadly, this is not in the new film.

Throughout “The Color Purple,” the sisterly bond between Celie and Nettie is what keeps the former from succumbing to a life of tragedy.

Throughout “The Color Purple,” the sisterly bond between Celie and Nettie is what keeps the former from succumbing to a life of tragedy.

The Color Purple tells the struggles and tragedies of Celie Harris, a Black girl living in Deep South America in the 1900s, and is a reimagination of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice ...

In The Color Purple, Shug is Celie’s best friend, confidant and lover. However, that last aspect of their relationship is only briefly shown in the 1985 adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel.

Celie is 14, pregnant, and has to take care of the house and the family including their menacing and abusive “Pa” (Kevane La’Marr Coleman), while Nettie goes to school and dreams of being a ...

Rebecca’s Take An empowering and uplifting spectacle, “The Color Purple” is one of the best movies of 2023. Based on Alice Walker’s novel, the new big-screen adaptation reim… ...

Celie’s Journey Feels More Real Without The Musical Aspect Alright, here’s where I have to say that while I love musicals, I can’t take The Color Purple musical seriously.

At its heart, “The Color Purple” remains a testament to the oppression of Black women and the many ways that they have learned to endure their fate, overcome it and triumph over it.