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Race, class, and Hollywood gloss

The film manages to mean well without forging new ground

By Wesley Morris

 |  Globe Staff  

  August 10, 2011

It’s possible both to like this movie and wonder why we need a dramatic comedy about black maids in Jackson, Miss., and the white housewives they work for.

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