"That razor look dull to me Miss. Ceelie." LMAO that razor was so sharp ole Mista wouldn't have even felt his throat being cut and by the look on Ceelie's face, she was about to slit him from ear to ear.
I absolutely LOVE the African beat and singing of this song. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰.. Im Pacific Islander and I was really impressed when I first heard it back in 1990.
This entire scene was just so chilling. The music really just amplified every bit of it. Celie had enough. And Shug knew it. Watching the scene with the tribal music just added to the overwhelming sense of dread like: Shit, Shug, run FASTER!
Tim Serpell Because she knew about Mister's long history of abusing Celie. All the beating, the intimidation, hiding the letters. She knew that Celie had about reached the end of her limit with it all and then when the kids said she was getting ready to shave him, she connected the dots and knew that if she didn't get there to stop her, she was GOING to kill him.
Jadensamma Seeing the red on her nails was also a clue on it. You could say God made her see that fact, Albert was just knocking on the devil's door for all these years yet he was too stupid to see that and he was just about to him as well had Shug not been there. Then he proved to be more stupid after she held another sharp object at his neck when he continues to insult her, this man was just asking for her to kill him. You keep kicking an animal long enough eventually it's going to attack
Spielberg may have lost his fastball but this scene here underscores why he is one of the best filmmakers of ALL time. No why to the describe the tension when you see this for the first time.
Very interesting how a privileged white man (elite) can so clearly tell a story from our past. I know it's not a true story, but many lives in that time were just like that. Talk to grandparents and elders. I know Alice Walker wrote the novel, but his directing skills were awesome in 85. I'd like to see him do something similar now.
@Chairman Lmao I stand corrected. My point is that he isn't black or poor nor did his life have any similarities to having to live like this. Still, he got it spot on. That is a true talent, to be able to tell the story of another culture so vividly without experiencing the hardships of it.
Agree, it is a masterpiece in creating tension, emotions, and the music and editing is second to none in this scene. Fast forward to 2024 and they should not have tried to remake this film.
You would've thought from this moment forward he would have been a little fucking nicer. But no... he had to show off once again in front of his daddy, son and grandkids and almost got his neck slit open again at the dinner table!
The sad part is you told not one lie. Even tho celie had shown she would kill him if given the opportunity he still chose to treat her like shit JUST to prove he was a man to his father. Such a pitty
Please tell me what was the sacrificial ceremony for? Why did those kids have to endure that? The scene was intense no doubt, but what exactly were they trying to say by correlating those two events. I don't see what one has to do with the other. I was always curious. What was the symbolism? I knew something significant was happening. I just didn't know what.
@@1977Playmate It was a forced marriage ceremony the marriage of cili and mister was forced. Her children forced marriage in Africa signified the end of misters Power over cili. There is a lot more going on. Shug in the red dress running up the road! Cili's blood on her face the glasses fall on top of the letter she hid in an open book fell to the ground.
Mista was just plan stupid. He seemingly couldn't see the look on Ciely's face! OMG! She was going to get him if Shug hadn't stopped her. He just kept talking shite!!!!
I saw this in theaters with my parents when I was 8. I didn't know much about anything, but I sure did understand what was happening in this movie. My mother realized I understood when she saw me crying. For years I absolutely hated Danny Glover. I was a kid and all I knew was that's the man who kept hurting that girl. My father used to work out a lot & was super buff and really strong. I would tell my father, "daddy, you should beat up mister".
Did you notice when Celia tells Mister to put his head back AND the scene of the razor sliding in front of Misters neck- you can see Shug in the background running? I love this scene! Brilliant filmmaking!!
@@MicJacks oh I get it o thought you meant like if she cut him she he was going to do something to her sorry about that I got the wrong understanding but yea my favorite movie watch it almost every Friday or when ever I have time to relax and enjoy my self.
This has always been my favorite scene. When I was a little girl I use to rewind this part 100 x just to hear the Africans chanting. I felt it down in my soul. An unexplainable connection. I always wondered, what did this ritual mean?
After reading the letters, this is how Celie envisioned what was happening with her children. In the actual book, the children were much older and that was Adam and Tashi getting married. To Celie, they were her babies, and she could not imagine them as adults, so she likened it to how it must be to shave someone when they received their tribal scars.
EXACTLY! ME TOO!! Maybe the song reignites deep in your spirit. Track your ancestry. The mind and spirit are two beautiful things. We never loose any information. It just becomes buried underneath all the new information we are loaded with. It's like how your grandmother can say you remind her of her grandmother. Although you've never met her, a piece of her is still active in you.
My mother bought this soundtrack for "Gods tryin' to tell you something". I grabbed it as soon as I saw it for the music from this scene. Straight to the walkman lol. I saw this with her in the theater. One of my most shaken in the theater moments ever.
In Africa some of our tribes have tribal marks ( small cuts on the face) as a right of passage and initiation from childhood to adolescence. They are symbolic, and the ritual is performed by the tribal elders.
Tribal marks are very special and significant in the ancient African tradition. If you are chosen or apart of a tribe, they mark you so that you will never forget who you are or where you come from. You are chosen by the ancestors. ❤
what's this music sacred ancient traditional or was it some kind of sacrifice music because the look on his face and the way it was playing at the same time that made this scene spooky as hell. I always knew there was a Aztec sacrifice but never have I known that there was one in Africa as well.
TrueStory Diesel A facial scarring ceremony. Then the girl next to the little boy (Adam), Tashi, she undergoes genital mutilation. It's all part of a coming of age ceremony in African culture.
Im a 20 yr old man and you can say what you want but on that part when he slaps celie and her nose was bleeding i shed a couple of tears because the last thing I like to see is a Woman being mistreated especially physically..
Mista: "Celie! Ain't that razor sharpen yet?! Get on out here and do me right now! Get on out here! Celie:"...Alright..." I got the only chills. The look on her face. You can tell she's thinking "Well, you asked for it"
I loved that this scene, along with Celie finally snapping at Albert, shows the character development from her. This scene also shows that her sister Nettie maybe coming back soon, and it's time for revenge on mister. Brilliant scene.
I think my teacher had it right when she said (about this book) about being a black female vs being a black male in their era; the black males were oppressed by the white people, yes, but the black females were oppressed by both the white people and the black males.
Quincy Jones is awesome! One of the best music producers ever...this is one of my favorite pieces by him. Not to mention all the music he made with The Brothers Johnson, Michael Jackson, theme song from Sanford & Son and countless others!
Celie had ENOUGH! Every time I watch this scene I get goosebumps! The music in this movie was just VITAL! Quincy Jones did an amazing job at capturing the mood of each emotional scene.
you know, I've always favored this scene simply because #1 Celie was so getting tired of Mister's physical and mental abuse and 2. Albert took her sister away from Celie! So much so, that Celie finally found her strength and inner potential to break away from Mister and to be free at last!
I noticed that too for three reasons: 1. During the majority of the film, she is like a possession just having things done to her such as being raped by her father and husband, treated like a maid/slave/nanny by her husband. She does not feel like she has any self worth and is quick to believe the names that her husband calls her, making her feel like that is just her life and she has to accept it. 2. When Mister hit her in the opening of this scene (the most important in the movie), it brought up all of the mistreatment she had to deal with her whole life and at that moment, she decided to assert herself. She decided to kill Mister as an act of taking back her freedom and her womanhood. That tribal scene was to emphasise the effect of the possible savagery that may happen if she decides to slit Mister’s throat. 3. Celie is finally able to be seen even though she is standing next to Shug who is such a polarising figure. In other words, she now has her own identity.
If only she found it when she and Shug found the letters. Why didn't she write back to her? Why didn't Celie steal Mister's stash of cash and leave him sooner? Why didn't Celie just leave with Nettie when she got booted off Mister's property? SOOOOO..... many plot holes!!!!
***I REMEMBER WHEN THIS FILM CAME OUT, AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN SCREAMED DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER BECAUSE THIS FILM UNVEILED HOW BLACK MEN WERE TREATING BLACK WOMEN BACK THEN. BUT MY BELOVED GRANDMA WAS BORN IN 1930s AND TOLD IT EXACTLY HOW IT WAS. SHE SAID, ' THIS MOVIE CAPTURED EXACTLY HOW IT WAS. BLACK MEN TREATED THEIR WOMEN JUST LIKE THAT AND REMEMBER . I WAS A TINY GIRL. I WAS BORN IN 1934 . I SAW IT ALL. THEY TREATED (TORE DOWN)THEIR BLACK WOMEN THE WAY THE white man TREATED THEM. '' THIS FILM DEPICTS THE TRUTH. EVEN HOW CELIE WAS RAPED BY STEPDAD AND SOLD HER BABIES AND NOBODY TOLD NOR HELPED HER. MY GRANDMOTHER WITNESSED THOSE DAYS. IT'S REAL TALK TO RESPECTFUL OLDER PEOPLE GET THEIR HISTORY OUT OF THEM. THEY ARE RUBIES, MORE ACCURATE THAN A HIS- STORY BOOK. THEY ARE PRICELESS AND DYING OUT. THE TRUTH IS GOING INTO THE EARTH WITH THEM. BURIED TREASURE.***
Especially if you hit her. Like a great man once said, "the sweetest woman in the world can be the meanest woman in the world, if you make her that way".
I remember seeing this as a kid and being fixated on the residue on the strop. Since then I have always wanted to hone a straight razor. Now i'm grown and that's all I use. Also I realized how vulnerable a person is in this moment. I don't let anyone shave my face, not even my wife.
The music is amazing I've been playing it back non stop it does something to me I have to stop sometimes because it feels like something is going to happen that I can't control so powerful
Masterful having Shug being entire outfit be red from the dress, to her nails, lips, necklace, earrings everything to put your mind on blood when that razor comes out.
I never thought Whoppi was ugly either. She looks kinda ruff in some parts of this movie but not really ugly. I think people just say that because she is dark skin with natural hair. Very sad
NORIEGA200 That's not why. She ain't attractive to me. I know allot of dark women with natural hair that look attractive. Whoopie ain't one of them imo
From This Point On Is All My Fave Parts Of The Movie! Celie Goes Off On Mister, Shug Singing God Is Trying To Tell You Something, And The End When She's Reunited With Nette This Movie Is So Epic! The Music I Live For!!
That's what happens to people who've been physically and emotionally abused. Whether they be women or man or kids. It's like at this point they have nothing to lose and are fed up with the BS.
@@marcustrice3246 I mentioned this comment to my mom after my dad died and she looked at me and said "like the way you looked every time you had your dad by his throat with every punch you bashed him with before I'd stop you from killing him?" To which I replied "yeah, exactly like that. "
For some reason this is my FAVORITE scene because of the African ritual and Celie had enough of his nonsense, also Mister next time when you put someone through hell don't do it to the wrong person who is finished
Netty knew what was up had Celine would've gotten them letters back then she woulda gave mr a piece for the passport cuz celile didn't have no money think about it
Served Mister right. Celie might not have been the woman he wanted in life, but if he had sense enough to get beyond his selfishness he would've realized she was the one HE NEEDED! Shit, I really wanted her to do his ass right then and there too! Damn Shug gotta go and start messin' with somebody else's moment again, lol...btw, the part in that scene where she stumbles on her way to the house was actually a blooper. So damn glad Spielberg left it in! XD
"That razor look dull to me Miss. Ceelie." LMAO that razor was so sharp ole Mista wouldn't have even felt his throat being cut and by the look on Ceelie's face, she was about to slit him from ear to ear.
Word. He had it coming.
She was going to cut him every which of way but loose.
I think she said, 'That razor looks DEADLY to me, Miss Celie'.
trudreamer613 1:23 do u know the name of the song
She REALLY should have. You don't talk shit to someone with a weapon that could KILL YOU.
Always loved how Shug stopped Celie from becoming a murderer, despite how much she despised Mister and how terrible he was to her.
Its like Sophia said, "He ain't worth it, Miss Celie...". They knew prison would be a worse hell for her because Sophia went there.
Shug: Where Celie?Little boy: Home fixing to KILL Mister.lmao!!!
lol :) :):):):):):) ..………………...
Lol! That's probably how Shug heard it.
LaShawn Hurley 😄😄😄😄that’s messed up but true
He said shaaaave Mister
@@divaslm1 She knows that...You didn't get it.
You don't ever, ever ever ever under no circumstances, yell at a person that has a razor to your throat.
Every barber has that one client…
Especially if they're Sweeney Todd
I absolutely LOVE the African beat and singing of this song. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰.. Im Pacific Islander and I was really impressed when I first heard it back in 1990.
I love it too....listen to it all the time. ❤❤
This entire scene was just so chilling. The music really just amplified every bit of it.
Celie had enough. And Shug knew it. Watching the scene with the tribal music just added to the overwhelming sense of dread like: Shit, Shug, run FASTER!
Why was Shug running in the first place? :-)
Tim Serpell Because she knew about Mister's long history of abusing Celie. All the beating, the intimidation, hiding the letters. She knew that Celie had about reached the end of her limit with it all and then when the kids said she was getting ready to shave him, she connected the dots and knew that if she didn't get there to stop her, she was GOING to kill him.
Jadensamma Seeing the red on her nails was also a clue on it. You could say God made her see that fact, Albert was just knocking on the devil's door for all these years yet he was too stupid to see that and he was just about to him as well had Shug not been there. Then he proved to be more stupid after she held another sharp object at his neck when he continues to insult her, this man was just asking for her to kill him. You keep kicking an animal long enough eventually it's going to attack
Alexander Garcia ok and amen
@@Tim_Serpell are you seriously asking that question? She wanted to learn how to shave Mister too. She didn't want to miss it this time.
SMH!!
This drum scene takes me somewhere else!!!!
Lady Willow yeah, like to Wakanda
YES! Makes me so emotional. Asé ♡
Home.
I agree,my Queen.👠👠💋💋💖💖
Same here. That's how you know we're connected
Shug: where's Celie?
Boy: home fixin to shave mister...
Shug: Aw shit 😳😱😨
More like Holy f@cking hell! 😂
I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS YELLING "CUT HIM! CUT HIM!" AT THE SCREEN WAS I?
No, I was screaming it too
EVERYBODY was screaming that.
with that look on her face I thought that se was going to cut him.
Celie would have if Shug hadn't gotten there in time. Judging from the look in Mister's eyes you could tell he knew Celie had enough of his shit.
mikeeyoloooo No, me too.
Ceilie was about cut a smile in Mista's neck
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Get on out here and do me right now!!!!! He was rushing his death.
She told his ass put your head back...lol
...she coulda fixed him up right proper like fa sure. 😁
LOL
@@tykieshawhite2826😭😭😭
Spielberg may have lost his fastball but this scene here underscores why he is one of the best filmmakers of ALL time. No why to the describe the tension when you see this for the first time.
Very interesting how a privileged white man (elite) can so clearly tell a story from our past. I know it's not a true story, but many lives in that time were just like that. Talk to grandparents and elders. I know Alice Walker wrote the novel, but his directing skills were awesome in 85. I'd like to see him do something similar now.
@Chairman Lmao I stand corrected. My point is that he isn't black or poor nor did his life have any similarities to having to live like this. Still, he got it spot on. That is a true talent, to be able to tell the story of another culture so vividly without experiencing the hardships of it.
Spielberg is Jewish@@1977Playmate. Not white. He only looks white because he has European ancestry mixed with his Jewish ancestry.
Agree, it is a masterpiece in creating tension, emotions, and the music and editing is second to none in this scene. Fast forward to 2024 and they should not have tried to remake this film.
You would've thought from this moment forward he would have been a little fucking nicer. But no... he had to show off once again in front of his daddy, son and grandkids and almost got his neck slit open again at the dinner table!
U betta say that!!
The sad part is you told not one lie. Even tho celie had shown she would kill him if given the opportunity he still chose to treat her like shit JUST to prove he was a man to his father. Such a pitty
I hated his daddy too! 😩
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The symbolism of that scene is Super deep. The power displayed in the music alone. Wow.
I so agree! This is one of my fave scenes from his movie. The symbolism is just superb. This whole movie is ... wow. Everyone did a great job.
Please tell me what was the sacrificial ceremony for? Why did those kids have to endure that? The scene was intense no doubt, but what exactly were they trying to say by correlating those two events. I don't see what one has to do with the other. I was always curious. What was the symbolism? I knew something significant was happening. I just didn't know what.
@@1977Playmate It was a forced marriage ceremony the marriage of cili and mister was forced. Her children forced marriage in Africa signified the end of misters Power over cili. There is a lot more going on. Shug in the red dress running up the road! Cili's blood on her face the glasses fall on top of the letter she hid in an open book fell to the ground.
@@1977Playmate intro in adulthood.
@@TheRocbe dang Rocbe, thanks you peeped all that. I was wondering what that cut scene was about took me til today to confirm it was a ritual
When Mister screams at Mrs. Celie to stop sharpening that razor and that African tribal music starts playing... Hell is about to split wide open!!
Ceelie was like the Joker on this scene. She wanted Mister to stop frowning so much. She was going to put a SMILE on that face!
And laugh at him like the Joker, Batman, 1989, and say, I'm glad you're dead!! 🤣🤣🤣
"Got my neck itching like the inside of a horse's ass" 💀
She got the remedy for it...
Omg what 😂😭😂
RIGHT.... I was reading to find this comment b/c 🤣😂HOW DO HE KNOW WHAT THE INSIDE OF A HORSE AS* FEEL LIKE 🤣🤣🤣
Mista was just plan stupid. He seemingly couldn't see the look on Ciely's face! OMG! She was going to get him if Shug hadn't stopped her. He just kept talking shite!!!!
she was going to cut him everywhich a way but loose.
I saw this in theaters with my parents when I was 8. I didn't know much about anything, but I sure did understand what was happening in this movie. My mother realized I understood when she saw me crying. For years I absolutely hated Danny Glover. I was a kid and all I knew was that's the man who kept hurting that girl. My father used to work out a lot & was super buff and really strong. I would tell my father, "daddy, you should beat up mister".
LMAO!!! That's so cute!!
Calm down Honey don’t kill Danny it’s just his role.
LMBO😭🤣
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Your daddy better leave Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon alone 😂
I think African Ceremony is one of the top 3 scenes in the whole movie. 3:36 she really was truly calling the African Spirits!
It’s my favorite scene in the movie. Take pride in my culture
Did you notice when Celia tells Mister to put his head back AND the scene of the razor sliding in front of Misters neck- you can see Shug in the background running? I love this scene! Brilliant filmmaking!!
Running to save Celie's life. This scene is incredible this movie is amazing.
@@MicJacks no she was saving his life if she had cut his throat then he was going to bleed out and die then she would be in jail.
@@ForyeaHLM thats exactly what I said running to save Celie's life. Great movie
@@MicJacks oh I get it o thought you meant like if she cut him she he was going to do something to her sorry about that I got the wrong understanding but yea my favorite movie watch it almost every Friday or when ever I have time to relax and enjoy my self.
@@ForyeaHLM It too heavy for me to watch that much lol. I actually try not to see it. If I do then I'm stuck for 3 hrs lol
Whoopi is magnificent in this... robbed for an Oscar
I love this intensly emotional scene
Yeah man I do too
I don't think that's the best way to talk to someone, while their sharpening a straight razor.
This has always been my favorite scene. When I was a little girl I use to rewind this part 100 x just to hear the Africans chanting. I felt it down in my soul. An unexplainable connection. I always wondered, what did this ritual mean?
After reading the letters, this is how Celie envisioned what was happening with her children. In the actual book, the children were much older and that was Adam and Tashi getting married. To Celie, they were her babies, and she could not imagine them as adults, so she likened it to how it must be to shave someone when they received their tribal scars.
EXACTLY! ME TOO!! Maybe the song reignites deep in your spirit. Track your ancestry. The mind and spirit are two beautiful things. We never loose any information. It just becomes buried underneath all the new information we are loaded with. It's like how your grandmother can say you remind her of her grandmother. Although you've never met her, a piece of her is still active in you.
My mother bought this soundtrack for "Gods tryin' to tell you something". I grabbed it as soon as I saw it for the music from this scene. Straight to the walkman lol. I saw this with her in the theater. One of my most shaken in the theater moments ever.
In Africa some of our tribes have tribal marks ( small cuts on the face) as a right of passage and initiation from childhood to adolescence. They are symbolic, and the ritual is performed by the tribal elders.
Tribal marks are very special and significant in the ancient African tradition. If you are chosen or apart of a tribe, they mark you so that you will never forget who you are or where you come from. You are chosen by the ancestors. ❤
So she gets slower and dumber the longer she is married to him as if being married to him is good educating material
@Anita Ellen McGee Lol!
LMAO
That Beat Tho!!!
what's this music sacred ancient traditional or was it some kind of sacrifice music because the look on his face and the way it was playing at the same time that made this scene spooky as hell. I always knew there was a Aztec sacrifice but never have I known that there was one in Africa as well.
TrueStory Diesel A facial scarring ceremony. Then the girl next to the little boy (Adam), Tashi, she undergoes genital mutilation. It's all part of a coming of age ceremony in African culture.
Bloombaby99 omg no! That makes me want to throw up
Im a 20 yr old man and you can say what you want but on that part when he slaps celie and her nose was bleeding i shed a couple of tears because the last thing I like to see is a Woman being mistreated especially physically..
anyone.
Amen My Brother, BUT He's kind of Lucky because The Women in my Family Would have Slap his Ass back, OR Worser..
I can't stand that either
Mista: "Celie! Ain't that razor sharpen yet?! Get on out here and do me right now! Get on out here!
Celie:"...Alright..."
I got the only chills. The look on her face. You can tell she's thinking "Well, you asked for it"
She felt the vibe especially the way the kids said it the kids even though she had enough and something bad is going to happen
....put'cha head back.....
omar escamilla if she would have gone a little lower he'd be a dead man
Lol
I loved that this scene, along with Celie finally snapping at Albert, shows the character development from her. This scene also shows that her sister Nettie maybe coming back soon, and it's time for revenge on mister. Brilliant scene.
Yes, brilliant.
this seem is perfection. the drums literally speak.
Johanne E. THAT IS WHAT A DRUM SERVES TO RHYTHM......... ITS A NON SPOKEN LANGUAGE BUT SUPREMELY ARTICULATES ANY EMOTION OR THOUGHT..
I think my teacher had it right when she said (about this book) about being a black female vs being a black male in their era; the black males were oppressed by the white people, yes, but the black females were oppressed by both the white people and the black males.
Quincy Jones is awesome! One of the best music producers ever...this is one of my favorite pieces by him. Not to mention all the music he made with The Brothers Johnson, Michael Jackson, theme song from Sanford & Son and countless others!
Nina Taylor Yes!
Quincy wrote the musical arrangement for the sacrificial scene? I didn't know he could also compose.
@@1977Playmate yes he composed Austin Powers theme too
This is the song that plays in my head when i hit my mom's heel with the grocery buggy
yana212 😂🤣☠️
lol
great scene... the build-up is fantastic.!
+ed Dloid you never seen this movie in its entirety before huh?
This beat and song just popped up in my head out of nowhere.. always loved this scene, my fav movie, the African tribal beat is 🔥 💜
If you black nd this song don't do nothing for you, you should question yourself
they aint got no melanin if it doesn't do nothing
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rashad johnson I cried
I'm sayin'
The music... That is God. The Spirit of our Ancestors. Amazing! ♡
Increased Standards 👍👍👍
it really is amazing I felt it watching this
Divinity's Child they were israelities not Africans
@@prettyboyterianoabioye4833 stop this BHI mumbo-jumbo. It's so stupid!
Celie had ENOUGH! Every time I watch this scene I get goosebumps! The music in this movie was just VITAL! Quincy Jones did an amazing job at capturing the mood of each emotional scene.
Cant believe this movie is 30 years old now
+c gray Don't do that dammit.... lol aging me like that! lol
One of the best and my favorite scenes ever! I love it when Celie finally shows her true power and fights back!
This music is beautiful. This whole film is. What a moving amazing work of art.
Mister knew she was going to kill him.It looked like celie was in a sort of trance
Chills every time. I love when the music gets more intense.
"DAMN WOMEN..."
But, like the good coward SOB he was, he did what was best for him and just walked away...
Home fixinah SHAVE MISTA!
Jarvis Brown Love that part
Imagine forty years of that bullshyt.
Miss Celie, the demon barber of Fleet Street
"Got my neck itchin' like the inside of a horses ass' bRUHHHHHHHH LMAO
you know, I've always favored this scene simply because #1 Celie was so getting tired of Mister's physical and mental abuse and 2. Albert took her sister away from Celie! So much so, that Celie finally found her strength and inner potential to break away from Mister and to be free at last!
+califgirl101 she was about to O.J his azz
I noticed that too for three reasons:
1. During the majority of the film, she is like a possession just having things done to her such as being raped by her father and husband, treated like a maid/slave/nanny by her husband. She does not feel like she has any self worth and is quick to believe the names that her husband calls her, making her feel like that is just her life and she has to accept it.
2. When Mister hit her in the opening of this scene (the most important in the movie), it brought up all of the mistreatment she had to deal with her whole life and at that moment, she decided to assert herself. She decided to kill Mister as an act of taking back her freedom and her womanhood. That tribal scene was to emphasise the effect of the possible savagery that may happen if she decides to slit Mister’s throat.
3. Celie is finally able to be seen even though she is standing next to Shug who is such a polarising figure. In other words, she now has her own identity.
If only she found it when she and Shug found the letters.
Why didn't she write back to her?
Why didn't Celie steal Mister's stash of cash and leave him sooner?
Why didn't Celie just leave with Nettie when she got booted off Mister's property?
SOOOOO..... many plot holes!!!!
***I REMEMBER WHEN THIS FILM CAME OUT, AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN SCREAMED DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER BECAUSE THIS FILM UNVEILED HOW BLACK MEN WERE TREATING BLACK WOMEN BACK THEN. BUT MY BELOVED GRANDMA WAS BORN IN 1930s AND TOLD IT EXACTLY HOW IT WAS. SHE SAID, ' THIS MOVIE CAPTURED EXACTLY HOW IT WAS. BLACK MEN TREATED THEIR WOMEN JUST LIKE THAT AND REMEMBER . I WAS A TINY GIRL. I WAS BORN IN 1934 . I SAW IT ALL. THEY TREATED (TORE DOWN)THEIR BLACK WOMEN THE WAY THE white man TREATED THEM. '' THIS FILM DEPICTS THE TRUTH. EVEN HOW CELIE WAS RAPED BY STEPDAD AND SOLD HER BABIES AND NOBODY TOLD NOR HELPED HER. MY GRANDMOTHER WITNESSED THOSE DAYS. IT'S REAL TALK TO RESPECTFUL OLDER PEOPLE
GET THEIR HISTORY OUT OF THEM. THEY ARE RUBIES, MORE ACCURATE THAN A HIS- STORY BOOK. THEY ARE PRICELESS AND DYING OUT. THE TRUTH IS GOING INTO THE EARTH WITH THEM. BURIED TREASURE.***
The editing.. wow!!!
shug knew what's up!
Queen Negus Mister would've been a dead man walking if Shug didn't stop Celie in time! 😒😒😒😒
Steven Spielberg...did his thing making this movie..👍 Best of all time..
Lmaooo @ ms celie sharpening that razor and she would NOT have stopped had mister not yelled at her 🤣
Shug felt that in her spirit she knew mister would have been gone. As many times as ive seen this movie i didnt realize the house was so far away😩
Shug: "Wheres celie?
Boy:"Home fixinta shaaaave mista..."
Celie was having one of dem, "Fuck everybody" kinda days. 😁👊
CIELY!!! AIN'T THAT RAZOR SHARPEN YET! GET OUT HERE AND DO ME RIGHT NOW, GET ON OUT HERE!!!
I took that so wrong
Korey Billups lol
+love2eatjunkfood Damn. He wanted his death quickly.
Daekwon Da Prophet he sure did, albert was a idiot. I wouldn't talk shit to the woman who is about to shave you with a razor
Especially if you hit her. Like a great man once said, "the sweetest woman in the world can be the meanest woman in the world, if you make her that way".
The Color Purple was nominated for 11 Oscars, Spielberg wasn't given the nod for Director, he wasn't even nominated.
Celie was gonna cut this guy every way but lose
I love this movie and song.
I played it to death
where you at now?
My goodness. One of the best scenes in movie history.
The music in this scene is still chilling‼️🤔💭👀📽🎞👂🏽
*3:30** Mister: Got my neck itching like the insides of a horses ass.*
Lol thank you. I was trying to find the time stamp in the comments 😆
what music is that where can i find that
I remember seeing this as a kid and being fixated on the residue on the strop. Since then I have always wanted to hone a straight razor. Now i'm grown and that's all I use. Also I realized how vulnerable a person is in this moment. I don't let anyone shave my face, not even my wife.
No, i'm not abusive. Its the idea of being at a person's mercy like this that came make a man feel uneasy.
The music is amazing I've been playing it back non stop it does something to me I have to stop sometimes because it feels like something is going to happen that I can't control so powerful
Masterful having Shug being entire outfit be red from the dress, to her nails, lips, necklace, earrings everything to put your mind on blood when that razor comes out.
This has to be my number 1 favorite movie
The greatest movie of all time..hands down
Boi do you see the speed Suge had WHILE SIMULTANIOUSLY being a lady holding her dress down??? Them women long gone now lol.
This scene always makes my heart beat fast 🤗
The most beautiful sounding song that ever was
A most powerful scene. Love it.
Whoopi aint ugly to me..well now in real life she looks bad...but in this movie she looks cute to me....
I never thought Whoppi was ugly either. She looks kinda ruff in some parts of this movie but not really ugly. I think people just say that because she is dark skin with natural hair. Very sad
NORIEGA200 agreed
NORIEGA200 That's not why. She ain't attractive to me. I know allot of dark women with natural hair that look attractive. Whoopie ain't one of them imo
neanam I always thought that too!
Whoopi isn’t ugly at all ; even today she’s not ugly .
From This Point On Is All My Fave Parts Of The Movie! Celie Goes Off On Mister, Shug Singing God Is Trying To Tell You Something, And The End When She's Reunited With Nette This Movie Is So Epic! The Music I Live For!!
Her eyes were blank and empty like she was void of emotion in that moment, she definitely would've done it had shugg not stopped her.
That's what happens to people who've been physically and emotionally abused. Whether they be women or man or kids. It's like at this point they have nothing to lose and are fed up with the BS.
@@marcustrice3246 I mentioned this comment to my mom after my dad died and she looked at me and said "like the way you looked every time you had your dad by his throat with every punch you bashed him with before I'd stop you from killing him?" To which I replied "yeah, exactly like that. "
Mista said "well ain't this bout a bitch" lmaooooo
For some reason this is my FAVORITE scene because of the African ritual and Celie had enough of his nonsense, also Mister next time when you put someone through hell don't do it to the wrong person who is finished
The cinematography in this scene was incredible as well as the editing!
I love the symbolism of all of our ancestors eeeaaaaee oooh yeaaaa Ooooh yea oh yeah
0:16
Me when I'm in public and I'm getting to the good part in a book
LMAOOOOO
HAPPY SATURDAY, I HOPE THAT EVERYONE ENJOY THIER WEEKEND! 😘 I JUST LOVE HER WAR CRY!!!! YESSSSS, TRUE WARRIORS! I LOVE MY KINGS AND QUEENS! 🤗🍸🤗
Netty knew what was up had Celine would've gotten them letters back then she woulda gave mr a piece for the passport cuz celile didn't have no money think about it
Mister is Kevin Samuels.
He reminds me of Dolores Claiborne's husband.
Except Dolores took care of the problem a different way.
Who's that
what a film such a story to be told
*YOU ALMOST LOST YO' HEADDDDDD *IGGA!*
I always wondered until this day how did Shug Avery felt that something wasn’t right?
Because she knew and saw how hurt qnd angry Celie was for Mr. to deliberately taking her sister away from her for 40 years. And, he abused her.
Served Mister right. Celie might not have been the woman he wanted in life, but if he had sense enough to get beyond his selfishness he would've realized she was the one HE NEEDED! Shit, I really wanted her to do his ass right then and there too! Damn Shug gotta go and start messin' with somebody else's moment again, lol...btw, the part in that scene where she stumbles on her way to the house was actually a blooper. So damn glad Spielberg left it in!
XD
PeekaPeep lol that's a good one right there and you said it good and I do give you a high five on this one right there.
That scream at the African scene puts me in tears.... so intense
I still remember the first time I saw this. I was willing her on.
1:08 get the molasses outcha a$$!!
Overlooked in this scene is the GREAT Carl Anderson (Judas - Jesus Christ Superstar). He plays the African Preist.
I like this song!!!
Uncle Clifford from PValley brought me here lol
My favorite movie watches it last night aka dis morning maybe watch it again tomorrow nights but it’s my favorite I love it.
Hold you head back 🤣🤣🤣🤣