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Isai 2022-03-27 09:01:09
A black slave has witnessed his father being shot to death by the farmer and his mother being raped. He finally entered the White House as a housekeeper for 34 years. He has gone through eight presidents before and after. He has been diligent and diligent all his life. . The background is the bloody conflict and perseverance of blacks for civil rights and the white world. The eldest son has always been a activist for black civil rights, from the sit-in, the Liberty Bus, following Martin Luther King, Jr., and later to a master's degree in politics to advocate for change and fight for the status of black people through politics. The younger son, however, had different ambitions from his elder brother, and died in the US-Vietnam War. He said something to his brother, "you fight your country, I fight for my country". Facing the turmoil of the times and the death of his younger son, the White House butler was always confused, bid farewell to President Reagan, and actively joined the civil rights of his eldest son. During the event, they finally welcomed the first black president in history, Barack Obama, and was specially invited as a guest at Obama's inauguration. The former chief butler of the White House burst into tears...
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Keyshawn 2022-04-20 09:01:44
All the way through the running account narrative, and finally comes the end of the main theme, which has a fart relationship with the history of the White House
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Mireille 2022-04-24 07:01:09
The films about black people I watched recently didn't feel like it, so did "12 Years a Slave", and so did "The Housekeeper of the White House." How well Oprah played is not known until the very end. -- 2014-5-10
Lee Daniels' The Butler quotes
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Gloria Gaines: [looking at a picture of her granddaughter] I mean, really, Shaquanda. What kind of name is that?
Cecil Gaines: [laughing] Ain't nobody done nothing to spite you.
Gloria Gaines: Yes she did. She a ugly little old girl, too. That little pug nose. I hope she grow out of it.
Cecil Gaines: Now you need to stop that, you know that ain't right.
Gloria Gaines: Don't you think she look a little like Louis around the mouth?
Cecil Gaines: I think... she look just like you.
Gloria Gaines: Like me?
Cecil Gaines: Yeah, so you need to
[laughing]
Cecil Gaines: so you need to stop talking about her.
Gloria Gaines: Let me look at her again then, real good. She do look a little bit like me. She a pretty little thing.
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Cecil Gaines: You must look through your eyes, see what it is that they want, see what it is that they need, anticipate, bring a smile to the principal's eyes.