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Oscars 2012: A Full List of The Winners

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Best director: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist Best actor in a supporting role: Christopher Plummer for Beginners   Best actress in a supporting role: Octavia Spencer for The Help   Best actor in a leading role: Jean Dujardin for The Artist   Best actress in a leading role: Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady   […]

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The controversy of The Help and the Mammy figure

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The movie adaptation of Kathryn Stockett‘s The HelpĀ is currently on circuit in South Africa, and the book has enjoyed months on the New York Times bestseller list. While the movie deals with racism in 1960s America (which isn’t all that long ago), it might have an interesting angle for South Africans. After all, Eve of […]

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