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* The second half of the "Commode" scene. Mobley Mae mistakenly "goes potty" in one of the commodes. Instead of gently telling her daughter it's not appropriate to "go potty" on someone's yard, Elizabeth takes her aside and soundly [[KickTheDog spanks her]], quickly [[MoodWhiplash sucking away the humor]] in the scene. Aibileen can only stand on the side and watch, pained at seeing her surrogate daughter suffer such abuse.
** Earlier, Aibileen changing Mobley Mae's diaper in the morning and learning second hand that [[ParentalNeglect Elizabeth doesn't even bother to change her daughter's diaper]] herself. What sells it is the ashamed look on Mobley Mae's face when Aibileen opens her diaper. It's no wonder Aibileen tells Skeeter this sobering line:

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* The second half of the "Commode" scene. Mae Mobley Mae mistakenly "goes potty" in one of the commodes. Instead of gently telling her daughter it's not appropriate to "go potty" on someone's yard, Elizabeth takes her aside and soundly [[KickTheDog spanks her]], quickly [[MoodWhiplash sucking away the humor]] in the scene. Aibileen can only stand on the side and watch, pained at seeing her surrogate daughter suffer such abuse.
** Earlier, Aibileen changing Mobley Mae's Mae Mobley's diaper in the morning and learning second hand that [[ParentalNeglect Elizabeth doesn't even bother to change her daughter's diaper]] herself. What sells it is the ashamed look on Mobley Mae's Mae Mobley's face when Aibileen opens her diaper. It's no wonder Aibileen tells Skeeter this sobering line:



* Stewart breaking up with Skeeter when he learns of her involvement writing "The Help". Sure he's a [[JerkAss jerk]] for not seeing things from Skeeter's side and she's better off without him. But Skeeter is nonetheless heart-broken, probably because she really believed he was a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who would stand by her no matter what.]]

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* Stewart breaking up with Skeeter when he learns of her involvement writing "The Help". Sure he's a [[JerkAss jerk]] for not seeing things from Skeeter's side and she's better off without him. But Skeeter is nonetheless heart-broken, probably because she really believed he was a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who would stand by her no matter what.]]
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* [[spoiler:Celia's miscarriage.]]
--->'''[[spoiler: Celia]]:''' ''(crying)'' [[spoiler: Why is there so much blood?]]
** [[spoiler:When Celia is burying her miscarried baby in a shoebox in the backyard, with a rosebush to plant over it... [[WhamShot and the camera pulls back, revealing three other rosebushes]].]]
*** [[spoiler: [[WhamLine "He doesn't know about the baby. Or the two before..."]]]]

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* [[spoiler:Celia's miscarriage.]]
--->'''[[spoiler: Celia]]:'''
Celia's miscarriage.
--->'''Celia:'''
''(crying)'' [[spoiler: Why is there so much blood?]]
blood?
** [[spoiler:When When Celia is burying her miscarried baby in a shoebox in the backyard, with a rosebush to plant over it... [[WhamShot and the camera pulls back, revealing three other rosebushes]].]]
rosebushes]].
*** [[spoiler: [[WhamLine "He doesn't know about the baby. Or the two before..."]]]]"]]



* [[spoiler: Stewart breaking up with Skeeter when he learns of her involvement writing "The Help". Sure he's a [[JerkAss jerk]] for not seeing things from Skeeter's side and she's better off without him. But Skeeter is nonetheless heart-broken, probably because she really believed he was a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who would stand by her no matter what.]]

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* [[spoiler: Stewart breaking up with Skeeter when he learns of her involvement writing "The Help". Sure he's a [[JerkAss jerk]] for not seeing things from Skeeter's side and she's better off without him. But Skeeter is nonetheless heart-broken, probably because she really believed he was a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who would stand by her no matter what.]]



* The very end, as [[spoiler:Mae Mobley cries and begs Aibileen not to go.]]

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* The very end, as [[spoiler:Mae Mae Mobley cries and begs Aibileen not to go.]]
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** The book version is very sad as well. Constantine has a daughter who is extremely fair skinned and with blonde hair. This made Constantine and her child an outcast in both communities and Constantine ends up having to giving her daughter up for adoption. When her daughter comes in to see Constantine for the first time since her adoption, Skeeter's mother Charlotte assumes she is a white woman who has come to join the event which is underway. When Charlotte realizes who she is, she becomes furious, feeling like the daughter tricked her, as she assumed she was white and Constantines daughter was socializing with all the white people at the event. Charlotte tells Constantine's daughter to get out and that Constantine can never have contact with her again if she stays. Unwilling to give up her daughter again, Constantine leaves.
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--->'''Skeeter:''' ''(sobbing)'' You broke her heart!

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--->'''Skeeter:''' -->'''Skeeter:''' ''(sobbing)'' You broke her heart!
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** Earlier, Aibileen changing Mobley Mae's diaper in the morning and learning second hand that [[ParentalNeglect Elizabeth doesn't even both to change her daughter's diaper]] herself. What sells it is the ashamed look on Mobley Mae's face when Aibileen opens her diaper. It's no wonder Aibileen tells Skeeter this sobering line:

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** Earlier, Aibileen changing Mobley Mae's diaper in the morning and learning second hand that [[ParentalNeglect Elizabeth doesn't even both bother to change her daughter's diaper]] herself. What sells it is the ashamed look on Mobley Mae's face when Aibileen opens her diaper. It's no wonder Aibileen tells Skeeter this sobering line:
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-->'''Aibileen:''' [[ParentalNeglect Mrs.]] [[AbusiveParents Leefolt]] should not be having babies...

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-->'''Aibileen:''' --->'''Aibileen:''' [[ParentalNeglect Mrs.]] [[AbusiveParents Leefolt]] should not be having babies...
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** Sadder is Constantines reaction. She seems old and sad and lost all at once as her daughter draws her away. We're shown her packing up her things to leave with Rachel, then running her hand over the door of her house, where the measurements of the growth of Rachel and Skeeter are marked.

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** [[spoiler:When Celia is burying her miscarried baby in a shoebox in the backyard, with a rosebush to plant over it... and the camera pulls back, revealing three other rosebushes.]]

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--->'''[[spoiler: Celia]]:''' ''(crying)'' [[spoiler: Why is there so much blood?]]
** [[spoiler:When Celia is burying her miscarried baby in a shoebox in the backyard, with a rosebush to plant over it... [[WhamShot and the camera pulls back, revealing three other rosebushes.rosebushes]].]]

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