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The new 'Color Purple' exudes joy, but dances past some deeper complexities

Young Celie (Phylicia Pearl Mpasi) and young Nettie (Halle Bailey) share an unbreakable bond. Eli Adé/Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption

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The new 'Color Purple' exudes joy, but dances past some deeper complexities

Drawing on four decades of debate and analysis, this reincarnation is a remarkable departure from Alice Walker's Pulitzer-winning novel and its polarizing 1985 adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg.

'What Men Want' Actor Taraji P. Henson Talks Fighting 'Like A Girl'

"You can't tell me that a movie that I'm doing about a story that involves black culture is not going to reach other corners of the world," Taraji P. Henson says. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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'What Men Want' Actor Taraji P. Henson Talks Fighting 'Like A Girl'

Henson tells NPR what she wants for women who look like her. "You can't tell me that a movie that I'm doing about ... black culture is not going to reach other corners of the world," she says.

'What Men Want' Actor Taraji P. Henson Talks Fighting 'Like A Girl'

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