Back to the Present Photos by Frank Ezelle
M You wouldn’t know it, but this is Butterfly Yoga.
aybe Jacksonians living under a rock, or a newcomer or visitor to Jackson, might not know by now that native Kathryn Stockett based her novel, “The Help,� on tragic history right here in her hometown. When the film crew showed up, they brought retro styling back to “downtown� Fondren (actually, Jackson’s first suburb), where “the strip� (as locals like to call the row of small, local businesses along North State Street near Duling Avenue), was transformed back to the 1960s all over again. (They even brought the “Coloreds� balcony back to the Pix/Capri.) Once the film crew left, Fondren went back to normal, with the old Shell returning to Butterfly Yoga and the Capri back to its sadly empty self. You can still see a few signs of the retro facelift, though, if you look closely.
The film crew added the “colored� balcony entrance back to the Capri.
The Pix/Capri has seen better days—and XXX-rated ones.
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Beehives and car fins filled the neighborhood for about a week.
Et Tu, Pix? by Dustin Cardon
COURTESY CHRISTINE BURNS
March 21 - 27, 2012
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Brent’s Drugs is no longer a drugstore—it’s a fabulous diner—but it was once again for the film.
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