We celebrate Whoopi Goldberg from her days as a boundary-pushing stand-up comedian in the early ’80s to her current role as professional curmudgeon on “The View.”

Discussed this week:

• “Whoopi Goldberg” (Ottessa Moshfegh, Garage magazine: Issue 16, Feb. 19, 2019)
• “Whoopi Goldberg: Direct From Broadway” (directed by Thomas Schlamme, 1985)
• “The Color Purple” (directed by Steven Spielberg, 1985)
• “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (directed by Penny Marshall, 1986)
• “Burglar” (directed by Hugh Wilson, 1987)
• “Fatal Beauty” (directed by Tom Holland, 1987)
• “Clara’s Heart” (directed by Robert Mulligan, 1988)
• “Ghost” (directed by Jerry Zucker, 1990)
• Whoopi Goldberg winning the best supporting actress Oscar for her role in Ghost (1991)
• “Sister Act” (directed by Emile Ardolino, 1992)
• “The Fine Print: Danson in the Dark” (Louis Theroux, Spy magazine, February 1994)
• “The Associate” (directed by Donald Petrie, 1996)

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