said the new Color Purple movie musical "sanitized" the romance between Celie and Shug Avery, played by Fantasia Barrino and ...

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 ...

Much like the first movie adaptation, The Color Purple leaves out a very important part of the book: Celie and Shug’s queer relationship. The flirtation is still there, and there’s chemistry ...

She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Shug in The Color Purple (1985). Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret Avery ...