Awards Watch: Directors
“Before shooting “Precious,” director Lee Daniels envisioned a scene in which a gaggle of animated pink creatures were squashed by the rear end of his lead character. The idea was to bring a fanciful, humorous element to his downbeat depiction of an obese, illiterate teen living with an abusive mother in Harlem.”
Story by Eriq Gardner at FilmJournal.com.
