The Color Purple Page #5

Season #1

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Be my maid?

Hell no.

What did you say?

Hell no.

What did she say?

Can't you pump that a little faster?

Gal, what did you say to Miss Millie?

I said, "Hell"--

No, Miss Sofia!

No, Miss Sofia! No!

I can't believe you did that!

Get my children out of here!

Take them home!

Get my children out of here!

Who do you think you are?

Don't touch me! Leave me alone!

Don't touch me!

Who do you think you are?

You fat n*gger!

God, dear God! Sheriff, help me!

Howdy, mayor.

Howdy.

-How are you?

-Fine, thank you.

-How's the missus?

-She's doing real well.

Let's see what we have here.

Ohh! I'm driving!

I'm driving.

Hey! Watch it!

Look, I'm driving!

Whoo! Isn't that fun?

Dear God, after many years,

they let Sofia out of jail...

...just to put her in the next.

She ended up being

Miss Millie's maid after all.

Mayor bought Miss Millie a car,

and she had Sofia teach her how to drive.

Poor Sofia, stuck with Miss Millie

for the rest of her life.

-We went past the store.

-Top the H.

I've got it. Top of the H.

Here we go.

Oh, my. That was exciting, wasn't it?

Yes, ma'am, I reckon it was.

Well, let's do the shopping!

Sofia, l need apples, raisins,

cinnamon, currants, lemons...

...crackers, brown sugar, oranges,

nutmeg, flour, salt, pepper...

...cloves, eggs, and some candy

for the children.

How are you today?

Nice to see you!

-Have a nice Christmas.

Same to you.

I've been wondering about

starting a fund for the colored children.

It's a little late this year.

I meant to talk

to some of the shopkeepers about it.

We could do one next year.

Set up a fund so they could have some toys

and some clothes, a toy or two.

I started taking driving lessons.

Did you see me out there?

-Sofia's been teaching me how to drive.

-That's wonderful.

Have you ever thought

about going to Mars?

I wonder what it's like.

They call it the red planet.

Does it look red?

How are you doing today?

-Good to see you. HelIo.

How do, Mr. Peters?

Look at me, I'm driving.

Yes, ma'am.

Sofia, l'm gonna drive you

home tomorrow.

Did you hear what I said?

I'm gonna drive you home.

-Home?

-Yes, home.

You haven't seen your children

in a while.

No, I ain't seen them

in about eight years.

That's a shame.

Tomorrow's Christmas!

You can stay all day!

You can stay all day!

I wilI drive myself back.

Thank you.

That's your mama.

That's her.

Go on.

Hi, my name is Emma.

I'm very pleased to meet you.

Sofia back!

-Sofia, I'll pick you up at 5:00.

-Yes, ma'am.

Come on.

Oh, Miss Sofia,

it's so good to have you home.

Oh, yes.

So good.

Mama, why are you crying?

Because I don't know y'aIl no more.

This is going to be

a happy Christmas!

I can do it.

I can put it in reverse.

I can make it go the right way.

Come on. Ohh!

She can't get it out of reverse.

Mrs. Millie! Whoa, whoa!

Take off your coat.

Get away from me!

You get away from me!

Don't touch me!

-Don't you know who I am?

Yes, ma'am.

-I've always been good to you people!

-We know that, ma'am.

Calm down.

-I am Miss Millie! I'm the mayor's wife!

Yes, ma'am.

I've always been good to you people!

I've always gone out of my way

for coloreds!

Yes, ma'am.

Miss Millie, what's the matter?

Those boys....

Those boys tried to attack me.

No such a thing.

How could you leave me alone

for so Iong?

Come on now. Come on.

What am l gonna do

about the car?

Jack will drive you home,

Miss Millie.

I can't ride in a car

with some strange coIored man.

I'll ask my sister Odessa to squeeze in.

That way I have more time

with my children.

I don't know her either.

Goodbye!

It's Shug.

-Shug.

-Heh. Hot diggidy-dog!

I'm coming, Shug!

-It's sugarbaby!

Hey, Shug!

Hey, Shug!

Albert!

Hey, Shug--

Oh! Miss Celie!

I've heard so much about you!

Feels like we old friends!

This is Grady.

This is my husband.

Us been driving all night.

No place to stop. But here us is!

Well, how are you?

We're fine.

Got colds though.

This here's my wedding present.

Brand new.

I want Albert to learn how to drive it.

Grady drive like a fool.

I thought the police would get us.

Us two married Iadies now.

Two married ladies, and hungry!

What us got to eat?

Yeah, you know, Grady,

we done had the best.

It's true.

-Yeah, we done had the best.

You had her your way. I had her mine.

Ha-ha-ha-ha.

But we had her!

We had her!

Let's us drink to having some Shug.

I'll get my mail. I'm expecting

an agreement from Memphis.

You ought to wait for Mister.

If l was to wait for AIbert,

I'd wait till Christmas.

I's married now!

I said l's married now.

Well, let's toast it at somebody.

All the evil, and all the love.

I like you, boy!

I like you too!

Come upstairs with me.

I got to finish stuffing the turkey.

You're my kind of man!

"April 18...

...1935.

Dear Celie:

I know you think l'm dead...

...but l am not.

I've been writing to you over the years...

...but Albert said

you'd never hear from me again...

...and since I never heard from you

all this time...

...l guess he was right.

Now I only write

at Christmas and Easter...

...hoping my letters get lost among

the Christmas and Easter greetings...

...or that Albert get the holiday spirit

and have pity on us."

"There is so much to tell you...

...l hardly know where to begin.

And anyway,

you probably won't get this letter either.

I am sure Albert is still the only one...

...to take the mail out of the box.

But if this does not get to him...

...one thing I want you to know"....

"I Iove you...

...and I'm not dead.

I love you and l'm not dead.

"The lady you met in town

is named Corrine.

Her husband's named Samuel.

Sanctified, religious

and very good to me.

Their only sorrow in the beginning was...

...that they could not have children.

And then they say"....

"Then they say...

...God sent them Olivia...

...and Adam.

Yes, their children sent by God

are your children.

And they have been brought up in love.

And now God has sent me

to watch over them...

...to protect and cherish them...

...to lavish all the love

I feel for you on them.

It's a miracle, isn't it?

And no doubt impossible

for you to believe.

Olivia and Adam are with me...

...aIl growing up together...

...a family.

Your loving sister, Nettie."

I got two children...

...and they's alive.

Hear that, Miss Shug?

Olivia and Adam.

And they's alive.

I love her as much as you,

probably more.

I's getting real tired of this cat.

He coming back soon.

You crazy? He in the jook joint.

This doesn't look nothing Iike me.

Damn him.

"Celie."

There's so many of them.

What us gonna do?

Go to my room and put them in order

by the postmark.

"Dear Celie, the reason why

I am in Africa is because...

...one of the missionaries that was

supposed to go with Corrine and Samuel...

...to heIp with the children

and setting up the school...

...suddenly married a man,

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