Why people recommend it
The Help by Kathryn Stockett is a novel depicting the lives of Black domestic workers in Jackson, Mississippi, during the civil rights movement. On Modern Wisdom, Kanika Batra referenced the book and its film adaptation to draw a comparison to a malicious act of revenge involving a pie. On SmartLess, Jason Bateman referred to the novel as the significant project that propelled Octavia Spencer's career, while Will Arnett inquired about Spencer's experience doing a book tour alongside the author. Octavia Spencer discussed how the book gained popularity like a wildfire and explained that she was hired by Kathryn Stockett to help with readings because the author felt uncomfortable reading dialect passages for African-American characters. Furthermore, Will Arnett and Octavia Spencer discussed how the book was adapted into a radio play in the UK, a project Spencer joined due to her association with the author and her previous work narrating the audiobook.
Who recommended it
- Kanika Batra Discussed
Kanika Batra — 1 mention
“And and I don't know if you've watched The Help, but Minnie makes a sec- like a very specific pie for her old boss, and let's just say there's fecal matter in there.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 5
“You know you did all of this work before the thing that really catapulted you, which was The Help. You were amazing, just incredible.”
“But you did a book tour with the author, Catherine Stockett, is that her name? Yes, yes, and I read that she didn't feel comfortable reading passages from the book when it came to the African-American characters, so she asked you to come along.”
“I think The Help was starting to become like a little wildfire and catch on, and she was very smart in that she knew it would have been kind of weird to do the dialect. And it was during pilot season, guys.”
“The other thing that people probably don't know is that The Help was made into a radio play in the UK. And because of my association with Catherine and because I had done the book on tape, they asked me if I would come and do the radio play, which I'd never done.”
“And because of my association with Catherine and because I had done the book on tape, they asked me if I would come and do the radio play, which I'd never done.”