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"Imitation of Life"
Monday, May 11, 2009
Douglas Sirk’s film, “Imitation of Life” was one of the most popular movies of the 1950’s. Sam Staggs provides a behind the scenes, in-depth look at the film in his book Born to Be Hurt.
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My bi-racial daughter studied this movie at Brown last semister. It was a revelation to her, and not a comfortable one, that Sarah Jane was being told to "not get above her station" by her own mother! She asked if I was sympathetic to the mother (Juanita Moore). I said I thought she should have left Sarah Jane alone to do her own thing & she totally agreed with me. I came to this conclusion on my second viewing, sometime in the 80's - whereas when I first saw this movie in the early 60's, I just felt sorry for Sarah Jane.
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