The movie is based on the best-selling novel by Terry McMillan, who co-wrote the screenplay. Last week, Haitian-Americans gathered in North Miami to call for a national apology from 20th Century Fox, which released the film. To many Haitian-Americans, that's a painful flashback to when the federal government branded them as AIDS carriers and barred them from donating blood.
The other sister interjects: "No, that's Haiti, Miss Manners." When her sisters question her about it afterward, one asks if he used a condom "because those people have a history of AIDS." In the movie, 40-year-old divorcee Stella, played by Angela Bassett, travels to Jamaica and has an affair with a man half her age. Food and Drug Administration removed Haitians from its official list of high-risk AIDS carriers in 1991. Haitians are criticizing the movie How Stella Got Her Groove Back and demanding an apology, saying the film revives the outdated fear that they carry AIDS. Toys based on Teletubbies are in high demand. No matter how strange these brightly colored alienesque beings initially seem, audiences are undoubtedly warming to them quickly. Po has her scooter, Dipsy has his cow-fur hat, La-La has her ball and, in a surprise gender-bend move, Tinky-Winky has his red patent-leather purse. In the Teletubbie world, everything is lushly green, and little taupe-colored bunnies run happily through flowers.Įach Teletubbie has a favorite toy (or in parent talk, a "lovey"). They live and play in a retro set that can only be described as The Prisoner meets The Banana Splits.