Book · 2011 · Fiction
The Help
- mentions
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- people
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- podcasts
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- episodes
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- recommendations
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I thought I love this character, I love this book and I just said you know I'm gonna go do this and we drove around on her book tour for like three weeks.
What they say about it
- Doing the book tour“drove around on her book tour”3
- Association with the author“because of my association with Catherine”2
The best things said about it
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.
You know you did all of this work before the thing that really catapulted you, which was The Help.
I think The Help was starting to become like a little wildfire and catch on.
The other thing that people probably don't know is that The Help was made into a radio play in the UK.
Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
4 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Help by Kathryn Stockett is a historical fiction novel exploring the lives of Black domestic workers in Jackson, Mississippi, during the civil rights movement. The book received numerous mentions across podcasts, including an appearance on Modern Wisdom where Kanika Batra referenced a notorious act from the story and film to draw a comparison to an instance of malicious revenge. On SmartLess, Jason Bateman referred to The Help as the major project that catapulted Octavia Spencer's career to new heights, while Will Arnett inquired about Spencer's experiences traveling on a book tour with the author. During that same episode, Octavia Spencer discussed how the novel was becoming a phenomenon and explained that Kathryn Stockett hired her to help with readings because the author felt uncomfortable reading passages featuring African-American dialogue and characters. Spencer also detailed her involvement in performing the book on tape and participating in a subsequent radio play adaptation in the UK due to her association with the author. Throughout the discussion, the speakers highlighted the immense cultural footprint of the novel and how its unexpected success deeply impacted those involved in its promotion and various media adaptations.
Every mention
Octavia Spencer I think The Help was starting to become like a little wildfire and catch on, and she was very smart in that… 4
“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.”
“i thought i love this character i love this book and i just said you know i'm gonna go do this and we drove around on her book tour for like three weeks”
“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.”
Sean Hayes You know you did all of this work before the thing that really catapulted you, which was The Help. You were… 3
“You know you did all of this work before the thing that really catapulted you, which was The Help. You were amazing, just incredible.”
“um but you you did a book tour with the author catherine stockett is that her name yes yes and uh 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”
“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.”
Kanika Batra And and I don't know if you've watched The Help, but Minnie makes a sec- like a very specific pie for her o… 1
“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.”
Rich Roll and I guess she's probably most well known for discovering big little lies and the help right like she publ… 1
“and I guess she's probably most well known for discovering big little lies and the help right like she published both of those”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Yeah, it just like sounds like the real life version in the 1800s of like the help, you know what I mean? Like that's what it It is.”