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Steven Spielberg: [on "The Color Purple"] I got in trouble with several critics who didn't like that I shied away from the love story between Shug and Celie and the scene where Shug Avery shows Celie with a mirror her vagina. That that did not go into the movie - which would have really changed the entire nature and tone of the film. I just didn't go for the full monty the way the book did. I might have done that had I made the movie 10 years later. I was just timid. I was just a little embarrassed. I was just wasn't the right guy to do that
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I got in trouble with several critics
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who didn't like that I shied away
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from the love story between Shug and Celie
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And the scene where Shug Avery shows Celie with a mirror her vagina
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that that did not go into the movie
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which would've really changed
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the entire nature and tone of the film
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I just didn't go for the full monty the way the book did
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I might've done that had I made the movie 10 years later
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I was just timid I was just a little embarrassed
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I just wasn't the right guy to do that
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Steven was telling the story that Alice wrote
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and he was trying to access that
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Movie Summary
A documentary on Steven Spielberg, filmmaker. Includes interviews with relatives, film critics, peers and people who have worked with him.
