The onscreen musical adaptation of the beloved Alice Walker novel had the second-biggest Christmas Day opening of all time.
“Celie had a real imagination, and perhaps that’s how she was able to deal with all the hurt she was going through,” said the Ghanaian rapper, writer-director and visual artist. “I felt that if I could really lean into that — and be proximate to her joy, her pain, her isolation — it would be a strong and worthwhile contribution to not only the canon of ‘The Color Purple’ but also the medium of musicals.”
“The Color Purple” is in movie theaters now.
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