# "A Patch of Blue"- Does anyone else love this movie?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 22, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-patch-of-blue-does-anyone-else-love-this-movie/457406 "2008-07-22T19:12:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-patch-of-blue-does-anyone-else-love-this-movie/457406/21 "2008-09-25T23:34:00Z")

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Set your DVRs - A Patch of Blue is on tomorrow on TCM at 12:45 PM CDT.

StG

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-patch-of-blue-does-anyone-else-love-this-movie/457406/22 "2008-09-26T12:48:56Z")

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No love for Sidney Poitier? I have my DVR set. I wish I could find my copy of the book.

StG

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-patch-of-blue-does-anyone-else-love-this-movie/457406/23 "2008-09-26T13:00:00Z")

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In the book Selina doesn’t find out that Poiter is black until the end, when the crowd starts screaming the “N word.” In the movie she finds out a lot sooner, which makes it totally different.

Still good, but it had more impact in the book.

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**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-patch-of-blue-does-anyone-else-love-this-movie/457406/24 "2008-09-26T13:50:24Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> In the book Selina doesn’t find out that Poiter is black until the end, when the crowd starts screaming the “N word.” In the movie she finds out a lot sooner, which makes it totally different.
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> Still good, but it had more impact in the book.

I think it’s still effective in the movie when she knows he’s black, but she doesn’t care. You can see the torture in his eyes as he struggles with the decision to tell her, and how shocked and relived he is when she reveals that she’s known for awhile.

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