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Precious : Gritty Candor or 'Poverty Porn'?
 Precious: Gritty Candor 
 or 'Poverty Porn'? 
MOVIE REVIEW

Precious: Gritty Candor or 'Poverty Porn'?

Harlem drama brutally honest, some say manipulative

(Newser) - Precious packs a strong emotional punch with its story of an abused, illiterate teen in '80s Harlem, but where some critics see candid greatness, others see "poverty porn."
  • Precious is "a great American film," writes Roger Ebert at the Chicago Sun-Times, that finds a believable way
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Mariah Carey: I Look 'Rancid' in Precious
 Mariah Carey: I Look 
 'Rancid' in Precious 
DOWDY DIVA

Mariah Carey: I Look 'Rancid' in Precious

Carey still embarrassed by her appearance in film

(Newser) - Mariah Carey, who has her very own director of photography tag along to photo shoots to ensure the lighting and frame size are as flattering as possible, still finds her dowdy appearance in Precious “humiliating,” she tells Fox News . “When I first saw the film I thought...

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