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Sparkle Page #4
will you bless the food, please?
Sister's not here yet.
She said she was coming.
Sparkle, those who do, do, baby.
Pastor, thank you.
Please, bow our heads.
Our Father in heaven...
...for this meal you have given,
we want to say thank you.
And...bless the ones who prepared it.
And, Lord, as we share it,
will you stay with us...
...and be our guest of honor?
But not just at this meal,
but God in our waking...
...God in our speaking,
God in our playing...
...God in our digesting...
...God in our working,
God in our resting.
In a world where so many are lonely...
...may we share this friendship
with joyful hearts.
- Amen.
- May this food, so fresh and fragrant...
...call forth reverence for you
in our souls.
As you give this strength
to our perishable limbs...
...so give us grace
for our immortal lives.
And let's not forget the blessings
on this family, Father God.
Lord, we thank you. Amen.
Amen!
Now, that's why black folks
can't get ahead, right there.
Not because we lazy.
It's because we're too busy praying
over 40 acres and a mule.
Now, by the time
black folks get to "amen"...
...the mule is dog food...
...and the 40 acres is sold
from underneath us.
Because we too busy praying.
Mom, this is Satin.
- Pleasure.
- Pleasure is mine, all mine.
Two dollars say
he doesn't make it to dessert.
Five says he doesn't get food on his plate.
Look at Mama's face.
- This is Mrs. Waters.
- Pleasure.
- And Tune Ann.
- Hey, Tune Ann.
- My sisters.
- Hey.
And this is the Reverend Bryce.
What do you say, Rev?
Satin Struthers.
Yeah, yeah, I seen you on TV.
You were pretty hard
on the folk in Detroit after the riots.
Well, I was telling the truth, you know.
It shows a lack of intelligence...
...for someone to loot
their own neighborhood.
Well, people were angry.
At white people.
- Hell, go tear up they sh*t.
- What--?
Definitely not making it to dessert.
Excuse me. I'm sorry. Hail Mary.
That's Catholic.
It's still Christian, right?
I mean, come on.
I understand, I understand.
I was trying to get black people
to see it from a different perspective.
Burning and looting your own
neighborhood may be misguided...
...but at least those people out there
were trying to fight to change the system.
Now, with all due respect...
...you just trying to
I bet you know a little bit more about
making dollars off of people's pain.
You packing them
Giving them a show,
got them hooting and hollering. Yeah.
You know what, Rev?
The only difference
between me and you...
...is you collect your fee at the pew...
...I collect mine at the door.
Well, Ms. Anderson...
...I guess now is a good time
for me to let you know...
...that I asked your daughter
to marry me.
Surprise.
He asked me last night.
Got down on one knee and told me
that he couldn't live without me.
Sister, you're going to marry this man?
He disrespects our home,
the reverend.
Oh, he's a comedian.
He was just trying to make us laugh.
He's a really good man.
Even goes to church sometimes.
Granted, it is for material,
but I am there...
-...and God knows my heart.
- Stop.
- I got a good heart.
- Stop.
He tithes.
to introduce you...
...to dentists and doctors
and accountants.
But, no, not you.
You want to whore with this coon.
- Mom!
- Sparkle.
Ms. Anderson,
I'm probably more of a Sambo.
I coon from time to time,
but Sambo's my go-to.
Baby, think more of yourself.
I know you're worried about getting older
But get older, not desperate!
Desperate?
than you ever did.
Just keeping a man
is a whole lot better than you ever did.
- Ladies, please. I think--
- No, no, no, Reverend.
Let her get her attention.
She doesn't have much else.
- Maybe this is a conversation--
- Me getting a husband is not about me.
It's about her. It's not my fault
that she got knocked up at 16...
...and is trying to convince folks
she's the perfect mother...
...raised some good girls.
Sparkle's gonna follow up behind you...
...and be a little church mouse
and make dresses.
And if she's lucky,
she'll be a preacher's wife.
Dee's gonna be a doctor,
and I'm just supposed to marry one?
Funny thing is,
maybe I could have snagged one...
...if you'd sent me to school
like these two.
But instead, I was at home,
raising your kids...
...while you were laid up
in your own vomit.
Sister...
...if you gonna tell my tragic story...
...give me the honor
of getting it correct.
Yeah, I passed out a few times.
Sure, I've had my moments.
But you've never, ever, ever
seen me laying in my own vomit.
Whatever you say, Mama.
The fact is, I was desperate back then.
Right now,
I'm trying to get myself out of here...
...and get myself more than
It's okay.
Well, we better go.
Ms. Anderson, thanks for what looked like
could have been a great dinner.
We better go.
Sister!
You leave my house,
there's no coming back.
Not this time.
Sparkle. Sparkle!
part of the group?
That's not exactly
what was on my mind, Spark.
Yeah, sure.
Dee, say something.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Come here.
I love you, Spark.
It's okay.
Where you want to go?
Anywhere.
Close your eyes.
Okay, you can open them.
Your cup of coffee, sir.
I appreciate it, baby.
You know, Daddy got to wake up
a little faster and a little stronger.
You'll be surprised with
what this gonna do when we make love.
Can't be any better than it already is.
- Are you catching a cold?
- No, I'm fine.
Okay, from "You bring out
the woman in me."
Five, six, seven, eight.
Can you not hit my hand every time?
Okay, come on, come on.
Five, six, seven, eight.
Y'all ain't got to go home...
...but you know the rest.
Oh, they were just leaving.
Baby, you got some
cab fare for them?
Cab fare?
You the one opening for
Aretha Franklin.
I mean, hell, if I had any sense,
I'd be living off your ass.
- I'm funny, Sparkle? I'm funny?
- Yeah.
So you laughing at me
like them white folks that I coon for?
- No.
- Satin.
Well, you should.
That's how I'm paying
for all this heat you sucking up.
- Satin, I'm just--
- Let's just go. Come on, just go.
Grab your book.
Ready for TV, Ms. Sparkle?
Oh, my God, Ms. Franklin!
Hello.
Today ain't the day
to be fashionably late.
You're fine.
Stix says Ms. Franklin's not here.
Running late.
I'm worried because that's gonna
cut it close to us getting home.
Sure is.
Do you have any more pins?
I'm running out of mine over here
and I need some more.
I can't get this thing on.
What happened to your face?
Oh, it ain't nothing.
He did that to you, didn't he?
I had an accident.
Oh, so, what,
you tripped and hit his fist?
Get out.
Excuse me?
I told you to get out of my face.
He's beating you,
and you're taking it out on me?
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