A review by chaoticmissadventures
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

2.0

 Well. I don't get it. This is so racist, passed off as trying to be progressive. But the Black characters are all extremely cartoonish. The repeated use of the N- word was just gross. Add in the random use of the R- slur which felt very whiplash every time it was used.
The brothers, on lighter skinned then the other, and then the darker skinned one is a drinker who is arrested over and over while the lighter skinned brother is a god fearing, churchgoing do-gooder who never gets in trouble. Gross.
I remember liking the movie, I am going to try watching it and this may be one of those rare stories that is better as a film. I appreciate the story of Ruth and Idgie and wish the story was more about that. Instead of whatever the author was trying to prove about how modern she is in her views on racism, that just ended up with a very racist book. 
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