said the new Color Purple movie musical "sanitized" the romance between Celie and Shug Avery, played by Fantasia Barrino and Taraji P. Henson. "The Color Purple is a book about Black lesbians.

They, much like the novel's detractors, decried the movie's representation ... reason for this "The Color Purple" singing. The relationship between Celie and Shug Avery, the alluring chanteuse ...

That's sort of the feeling I get watching Steven Spielberg's movie adaptation of "The Color Purple." Make no mistake ... Celie's connection with the singer Shug Avery (Margaret Avery) was meant ...