The Reel Rejects - THE COLOR PURPLE (1985) REVIEW – THAT DINNER TABLE SCENE WAS POWERFUL! – FIRST TIME WATCHING

Episode Date: March 14, 2026

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Who wants to speak about how they feel about this film first? John, did you cry? Were you worried? I actually didn't. Wow, John. What the hell?

You're canceled. Wow, you cry for cartoon rats, but you can't cry for real people, John. No, no, no. We jest. We just. I can, yeah, I can start if you guys need a second.

Okay. This was always kind of like a blind spot in my Spielberg, like, movies. And, yeah, I was pleasantly surprised that it was as powerful. I had a certain amount of expectation, but yeah, this was intense because it started really rough. Yeah. And it continued, but like,

but yeah, to see the, the Spielberg kind of rising of like hope kind of help kind of experience the journey nonetheless. And yeah, Wobie Goldberg knocks that out of the freaking park. Danny Glover,

as much as a, I hated his character has to go into a really dark place and so to be that character and so I have to give him credit Oprah wow I don't know why it reminds me of Medea like

I mean I don't think there's no connective tissue like you know I mean yeah and especially when she's got the gray hair exactly yeah yeah and so and when she wakes up you know when when and the way she's always

saying hallelujah exactly you know little things like that no otherwise yeah this was a really really entertaining but also a very moving movie for sure and a lot of things to think about a lot of like a lot of things to digest and dissect in terms of the history it takes place in and so otherwise yeah i enjoyed it um i again it was emotional yes i was i moved to tears not unfortunately not really but like it was it was moving in some sense and fashion. So,

but yeah, I enjoyed it and watching it with you guys was cool. And, yeah, I,

I'm sorry, I didn't cry. As long as you were emotionally invested. It's fine, I did it for all of us. Yeah.

Big John, cloud, everything that was funny. We know that's what you want to do. I know, exactly. That's right,

man. How about you guys? It's hilarious. Yeah. Tell us how I feel, big John. I feel very catharsed as a

beautiful movie. I did cry. I did cry. So I'm better and more emotional than you. Yeah, this is super emotional. This was really well acted. It was really well everything. Yes.

And, you know, again, I'm fascinated as to like what compelled Steven Spielberg to take this on. Not that he's not like a socially minded person. The guy who made Schindler's list obviously has a mind for history. Obviously has a mind for, you know, social and civil rights and stuff like that. Of course. So, like, it doesn't not make sense. But at the same time, just fascinated to know. But yeah, gorgeous production values.

And, yeah, as like a lyrical, you know, it's a specific time and place, but it's also a bit of a slice of life. And yeah, you start off in this really harsh set of circumstances and in, you know, a relative degree of squalor. And those things persist, but it is fascinating in the way it's depicted because, yeah, you come in harsh and then you kind of get used to the harsh reality of the world. And that kind of, I think, gives you a window to the character's experiences where, yeah, despite all the harshness, there are these little glimmers of hope, humanity, joy, whatever else. And I thought just the road, the journey, the arc that especially Seeley went on, you know, the way she so naturally grows and transforms over the movie and the way they depict just the web of people's lives, I've found really compelling. It's like, you know, she's definitely obviously your main character, your central figure. Mm-hmm. And her story touches a lot of different people's stories and because they know her and because of her either warmth and her tenderness or the times when she is able to really, like, stand up for herself.

Yeah. Like, all those little acts and moments seem to enrich the people around her in some way or fashion. Mm-hmm. And, uh, and yeah, like this felt very literary. It felt very well observed just. I mean, obviously, this isn't, you know, the cultural experience I come from, so I can't comment on, like, how greatly authentic it is. And I'm not the biggest knowledge of history either. But it felt very real. And there were a lot of really great nuances. And, yeah, even if you hated characters, you still kind of understood the tragedy of the overall situation. Sure. But also the beauty that the human spirit provides, you know, in those places of respite. So I thought this was, yeah, this was gorgeous. Yeah, great film.

The thing that I was waiting for the payoff, and I definitely did get, is when... When she cut his head off. When Shug threw the food up against the wall, and it was the ketchup and the mustard. The thing that Whoopi said was, I was just waiting to see what colors would...

She would paint the walls next. And then at the very end, I was waiting, and I thought, like, maybe Whoopi will paint our house purple. Like when is it? And then it did come full circle. Well, Shug was saying that the color purple deserves more attention. And look at the trees. They're all doing what we're doing.

They just don't have legs to walk. Yeah, all these magic miracles of nature that we don't take, that we trample over and just take as our property. Exactly. And then, you know, we had seen the home when she had first gotten it. And then, of course, when her sister arrives, we see that they are surrounded by the color purple, all of those, those beautiful purple flowers. And I thought that that was like just a really great full circle moment. What I want to ask you guys, before we get into the review, is that, nope, it's way deeper than that. What is the thing that, do you feel like within this film, there's anything that you,

can very closely relate to in your pastor with your family. And what is it? You don't need to take 60 seconds on it, but this movie does deal with a lot of things. So I'm wondering from you guys what is that you could relate with the most?

Good question. Very good question. I like this question. Do you already know Big John? No. Give me the question again. Like, is there anything that you can relate to within your life that reminds you of like the sort of like the colors of this movie? Like, does it make you think about the colors of like your life? And are there ties to this movie that you felt like, oh, that relates to me, my childhood, my, you know, me growing up as a teenager.

You in your relationship with your brother, your sister, your mother, your dad. I doubt it's anything this dark, but it doesn't mean that has to be this dark. This really just, you know what I mean? It pulls out stuff like that, that I was wondering if there are ties for you guys, that you were like, oh, it kind of makes me feel like reminds me of this. Sure. And if not, no worries, because I know it's like, but if it doesn't, then we're good. But I wanted to ask you guys, because I wasn't sure. this is a crazy swing but like so with

Seeley and Shug's relationship and minusing the the romance they do kind of experience in the very in the like after obviously they come together it's that reminds me of like certain figures of my life that I looked up to like older brother types or like even though I don't have, I'm not,

excluding my actual older brother, but like I had these heroes in my, in my, not childhood, but like a teenage years, where in the beginning I looked up to them like, yeah, they're cool. And they're kind of mean because they're my brother's age or whatever, and bullyish, but like not in a harmful sense by any means.

And you know how Shug was very much like weird to Seeley in the beginning? Yeah. And then they kind of come together and she becomes like, a mentor almost a mentor figure and helps her find letters and all that stuff that reminds me of the best

like my closest older older friends that like they're in the beginning when I first met them again they're my older brother's friends so they kind of like bullied me in a very innocent way like they'll treat me like oh he's the younger brother or whatever

and then later on as we grew as an adult they would be very nurturing and cool like I have a friend his name is Danny and he he kind of is my first teacher in breaking and dancing. And in the very beginning, he was kind of like just, you know, he would, he would rib and bust balls and stuff. But yeah, we've, we've stayed in contact and reconnected a few years ago. And, like, he's, he's, like, very positive in my life.

And I have another mentor, ironically, I still dance with him to this day. He actually messaged me during the movie. His name is Elton. Elton, like Elton John. But hi. Hi, Elton. But his B-boy name is L-10. Apparently, that's the measurement of a twister is L-whatever, and L-10 is kind of a play on his name Elton.

Okay. So it's pretty dope. But yeah, he was really intense when I was a kid, like where I started dancing. But nowadays, like, he's coaching me and, like, it's still very a big mentor figure of my life. But, yeah, I think that was, that's my reach for the question. Remind you about, like, mentors. Yes, exactly. Yeah, that makes sense.

Yeah, yeah. I don't know if Big John has anything. If not, we'll go to questions, but do you? I mean, I really relate to wishing you guys would shave my face and get me some freaking dinner, all right? Where's my dinner? You know what I did really appreciate? And I wouldn't say that I identify with this in a word.

I wouldn't say I identify with this aspect in a way where I'm like, oh, that's me. But, like, I did take something, take inspiration from. And I was struck by the way that, like, seems. Ely's position is so awful and constricting in a lot of ways. But what they show you over time is just how capable she becomes in that situation. Like early on in the movie when Danny Glover is parading around and is like, where's my shit? And she's like calmly just like, that's there, that's there, that's there.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like even in a bad situation with everyone telling you you're ugly and you're worthless and all this stuff, she develops so many quiet skills and competences. Yeah. and then is able, in a long game kind of way, down the line without even really planning for it, just able to parlay those things into greater growth and is able to nurture the people around her, take care of a house, and also find time to grow her own endeavors. Absolutely.

That you see later on. After that whole speech that he gives her about, you, you're never going to be nothing. You get out there. What are you going to do? What are you can't provide for yourself? And, you know, there are lots of, like, I in life have struggled with a good amount of, like, self-worth and self-esteem and how you view your own ability and how you accept or don't accept what other people assess you to be.

And so I just really vibed with the quiet. Like the movie never goes out of its way to be like, see? But like quietly throughout the whole thing, she's becoming more and more nuanced and capable and confident and skilled. And really by the end is like her fully formed own person. Yes. Absolutely. And I just thought that was beautiful.

And I really, again, even though it's more aspirational, I really identified with what was going on there and hope that I could live up to something like that for my own life, you know? I totally agree. She soared past the egliness. And if you can get to that point in your life, which does take where you go through a lot of self-doubt, obviously teenage years, you're being partially bullied, but maybe it's in a fun way. I mean, you have to go through life that way to learn how to sore past the, other. ugliness to get to a good place or to learn how to deal with it. I'm not saying that everybody has to go through things that are, you know, terribly ugly. And I hope that you don't.

But if you did, there is a way to sort past it. Let's do our questions. Nikki Sunrise. This movie is a black cinema classic and traumatized a lot of us growing up, but we still love hurting our own feelings, rewatching it. Question. In a movie full of tragedy and heartbreak, what was your favorite heartwarming moment? Mine is a scene where it is Celie helping.

Sophia and the store with Miss Millie, I always cry happy tears. Yeah. That was incredibly. I like that. Yeah. I mean, when they're in the bedroom together and they're like discovering, there's that strange moment between her and Shug where it's very intimate and they start to kiss and stuff like that.

And there's like a weird, there's like a sisterhoodness, even though there's also, again, some kind of pang of queerness to it as well. Yeah. And that was a big tide turn, I feel like, toward having, you know, really someone to take Celie under her wing and help her, you know, grow out of that shell. Yeah. I mean, yeah, there are a lot of really lovely moments that peek through, but that was definitely. Yeah. Mm-hmm.

What about for you? I'd say, I mean, this is kind of the cliche answer is the very end when she reunites with her sister. I think that's the, I mean, it's the obvious kind of, you know, climax of the movie. But, yeah, that was really heartwarming. it's like finally all these years and all this like all this struggle and so on and so forth and finding out what was going on with nettie like in africa that's crazy and it all kind of finally comes back um yeah definitely heartwarming for sure how about you yeah i was gonna go with like when she first sees her son you know because even though like they but that was kind of the

same way he chose which is like yeah seeing your family for the first time but it's like your kids you don't know that they're actually going to be smiling be happy to see you and i was so glad that each one of them was like, this is my dream come true. So I would choose like Whoopi Goldberg when Shug first sing to her and like her face and that extreme close up

and how we see that was the first time she ever got like good attention. Like her life has just been miserable. And I loved that for her. When she's encouraging her to smile, that whole scene in the mirror where she's like trying not to cover her smile. That's a good one.

And every time after that, like the way that her smile appears becomes a moment each time. And yeah, and there's so much made out of how ugly you are and how bad your smile is and all that stuff. And she's got a lovely, warm, beautiful smile. Yeah, yeah. And at risk of being the cliche, like, it's not a usual smile more thing.

It's just like feel joy. Free yourself enough to feel joy. Agreed. Yeah, yeah. Do it. Okay, little John, take Maurice Gray, Jr. Jr., thank you for your support. Aside from Seeley, which character stood out to you, Danny Glover played Mr.

So well, I hated him for a minute. Drew, same here. I cheered when Seeley's sister hit him in the balls with her schoolbook. We had to watch Lethalythelwain to like him again. Yeah, man, me too. I'm going to have to go re-shotgun the series. Yeah, my favorite character probably is Shug, just because she's going through some craziness,

but also brings out Joy in Sealy. Yeah. She's the one who, and also her talent is amazing. And then she also has that reconnecting with her dad, the preacher, that also kind of, without even saying it kind of summarizes the story that she's been going through and all the pain and anguish, whatever she's dealing with. And that kind of informs why when we first meet her, she's a little like intense and harsh to Seeley, but she has her own demons she's processing. So, yeah, she's a fascinating character And also her pipes are crazy So, I'd go with her.

Yeah, I'll just take Oprah because I'm like, Because I love when she is gonna, when we see her like, They stop. I'm like, heck yeah, girl, get it done, you know? Hell yeah. I love that she's the one in this film who I think operates closer to what I would be doing. punching them in the fricky face.

Yes. So, you know, I loved her and I thought very, very, everyone in this, very grounded, very believable. It was great. What about you? Big John? You know, some of the white characters probably. Like Miss Millie. I really identify with Miss Millie.

I really don't know. I am a, all right. I fancy myself a decent driver. You know, it's hard. I mean, I really did love Celia and, yeah, picking the main character is kind of a wash. I would say. Right. No, but it's a good one. Yeah.

I would agree with the both of you wholeheartedly. I guess Sophia came to mind because her energy, and granted she does go through a really harsh valley where she's practically catatonic, but seeing her as this one person early on who is very much like, you can't clobber me. I'm not going to take that. I will fight you back.

Exactly. You know, I might have, and not to say this in a cheaper, mean way, but I might have the advantage on you size-wise or strength-wise or whatever. And it was so in contrast to the rest of the world that it was really inspiring to see and for your characters. She brings you a shot of color and energy.

And then when she gets it back at the end, it was really gratifying. When she starts cackling at the table and she's like, oh, Sophia's back. I was like, yes, she is. We needed that in this movie. All right, Big John, take Jackson Ryan. Jackson Ryan.

Thank you for chiming in. This was the first movie I ever saw in theaters. And was the first indication that I wanted to be in entertainment. Hell yeah. Cool. Seeing brilliant acting by people who looked like me just moved me as an actor. Was there a specific movie or TV show that inspired you to pursue your career objectives? Hmm.

Specific movie. Break into electric boogal. Yeah. For John. I love that. I love it. And then Tara Anger Management. Yes.

Adam Sandler. I love that. And now what about for Big John? For Big John. Okay, I'll give a serious answer. Spoke first. I don't know if it was the first movie that did this, but I saw, my favorite movie I saw when I was young, it's called Ed Wood.

Oh, yeah. And it's about the guy who made, like, the worst movie of all times, so to speak. But it was one of those combinations of things where I was like, this movie is about something I love, which is art and movies. And it's in the style of movies I love, which is, you know, like old spooky flicks and stuff like that. But it's also about like the permission you need to give yourself

to create without judgment. This is a guy who's renowned for making terrible movies and yet, at least in the depiction, he's just following his heart and his conviction. And that's kind of what all of us with artistic pursuits in mind have to be willing to do, which

I'm still learning how to do, which is you have to kind of let go of the control you want to have over how people receive your art and you just have to make the art and and yeah there was a lot of heart and pathos in that movie but also yeah a lot of like kind of more than just like oh follow the dream it's it's it's sort of like yeah except whatever it is that you do and create and put that out there and let the rest fall as it may you know agreed and that really kind of spoke to me and it's been my favorite film for a while

now since i love it do you have anything that you didn't want him to say I guess in film wise, I will say, do you guys remember watching? I don't know if you guys, I mean, 2011 is the Descendants with Alexander Payne directed, George Clooney. Okay. I remember this movie coming out. The reason why I chose that movie is because that's when I saw, I watched a movie as an adult. Like, I came out of 2011, so I was like 21 at the time. And so to see it in the lens where, and it's a.

complicated story. And I remember thinking like, wow, you could do that. I was inspired with the writing. And I was like, I'm creative naturally because I went to college for digital arts and animation illustration and wanted to

pursue storytelling in some form of fashion. And then I saw that movie. I'm like, oh, you could do that. And it was like this emotional, weird experience. But I guess that's my quick answer. So that inspired you. Yes. Yeah. The old descendants.

Huh? Okay. Yeah. That classic. Yeah. All right. Mine was Moulon Rouge, but I'm a musical theater grad person mixed with, you know, the acting and the holy toy. That movie changed my life. I would love to rewatch it on the channel. I'm just going to add all of mystery science theater 3,000 because that is literally what we do here. Yes. That's what we do. I'm really inspired my current career.

I love it so much. All right. Alan Smithy. Hello. I hope you enjoyed the color purple. I think Wopi and Oprah nailed their role. and this, who's your favorite character also? Will you be able to forgive Mr. and all his misdeeds or were his actions unforgivable? Thanks again. Rejects, you are welcome. I think we already mentioned our favorite character from before. You know, that's a tough question.

Yeah. You know, in the end, they paint it so well. It's great writing where it's like he's there and he took his last dollars and like, you know, obviously brought Nettie to his sister. but the years of torture and hell that you put her through, you know, I would have preferred that the shaving knife went right through his throat. And I'll be honest about that.

And I can't really forgive him. I'm just like, yeah, your life is cursed and you will die alone on that porch. But like you were a prick. Yes, yes. That's what I think. What do you guys think? I would have to agree Like it's unfortunate that yes

Like his one good action doesn't redeem Years and decades of craziness And I grew up Catholic And we understand forgiveness to us in a year right But like even then like it requires It's not just We understand guilt a whole one Exactly exactly right

Yeah So I think yeah it requires much Way more You know Positive actions and positive kind of reinforcement and, like, working on yourself. There's, yeah, it's complicated nonetheless.

So I don't forgive him completely. I will acknowledge that one good deed is, has been done, but that doesn't mean that like, yeah, all is forgiven kind of thing. Right. Yeah. What about you, Big John? I would agree.

I would say, yeah, it's not like, I don't know, like the forgiveness factor is so fractured between so many people. It's like, were it me, I don't know if I would forgive him, but I would be acknowledging of the like selfless act that it's an act it's not words it's an action so you are like okay i appreciate this turn i appreciate the intent of this and i think that you know you see shug and to shug you're

like ah that's a greater impact on you in a way because you can see the good that he wants to embody even though we have witnessed all the terrible shit that he's done but you can also see the tragedy we meet his dad we see a lot of where he came from and And you see the cycle happening, but that doesn't make the cycle okay. And so, yeah, I guess, yeah. Systematic tragedies. I would say that a lot of his actions are unforgivable, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he has to die. You know, it's like a lot of the shit he did is unforgivable, but I'm glad that this turn is happening.

I'm glad this turn happened. Now he can die because the sisters are reunited. And that's the post-credit scene is they both go over and they both shave his head off at the same time. Jesus Christ. It became a Jingo movie. It wouldn't be a forgiveness scenario, but I'm like, good. Your soul is on the right path, and I can acknowledge that. I love that.

All right, little John, you know, this is funny because I kind of pre-read this. I'm going to let you read it from Jay Rushden. Thanks, dude. Just you know it's separated, and it's separated by like deeper questions, and this was this says fun surface, which I don't think it's fun. This is a fun question, John. Okay. Thanks, guys. Question, do you think it was racist?

G. Oscars gave this movie Zero wins for 10 nominations and Globes. And the Globes, it went one. And the Globes, it went one for five nominations also there. Yeah, that's shite. Like, in reading that, are you kidding? I was like, wait, this had 10 nominations and zero wins. That's insane.

Especially with, like, the shadow work. Yes. The actors. Oh, my God. Like the golden hour shots. They had wonters. We're working on film. Go F yourself, Oscars.

Like, I don't have time for you. Or the Globes. Like, and that I, like, yeah, I do kind of think it was that. I don't, who knows if that is what it was, but I don't, I don't like that. I definitely don't support it. They got nominated for Best Makeup, Best Leading Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Picture, Best Picture, Best Director. Best writing. Best writing.

Best film. Wow. That's a golden globe there. Glow. Still. Best music. Best music. Best music.

Best production. Best music. Best production. Production design. Yeah. Wow. I mean, sight on scene, you're sort of like, whoa, what else got nominated?

But I do think it is massively suspicious that for 10 nominations. That's the best words. You know, yeah, a movie made by a master. with so much incredible work on display every step of the way I find, again, without the list of nominees in front of me, I'm like, well, I guess you have to allow for a margin of maybe there were just a bunch of other

that much more excellent things, but it is hard looking at this to imagine that out of 10 nominations, not one, is a little bonkers to me. So I don't know if I could just come out and say, like, Oscars racist, but also at the same time, the Oscars has been a very white event

for a lot of its history. So I also I wouldn't want to discourage that possibility that that could be the case intellectually speaking because I feel like it's all in there I feel like it's all part of the soup

so to speak This is fascinating movie too Because I never like it's This is like a nicely Without being This is fascinating to watch a movie like this now That is like a pretty feminist piece By all accounts

In a way that's not like beating you in the doesn't have the modern sensibility because it's like all the most effective characters are women

all the most developed characters and the characters who cause the most development are women and like all the characters who make you feel safe all the characters

who get shit done like are all women in this movie and it and it depicts what society is and why it is that way very very tangibly

so just fascinating and also another tender moment really love when Nettie is teaching Seeley how to read yeah All the wax papers all over the house

And learn how to spell She's kept sky She kept sky Beautiful beautiful So yeah Oscars so white Hashtag it again Yeah

It is bonkers Yeah like I don't know what else Was nominated but they didn't want anything for this That's that's a travesty I say We don't support it Call sir Stevie Else to add little John

I suspicious is just the word And it raises an eyebrow like I can't Yeah whatever Any last words, though? Like, I obviously, I love this film. I thought it was great. Time for a shave.

Emotional, good stuff. I think it's absolute shite that they didn't win an Oscar for it. Yeah, what do you guys, what do you want to say on our way out here? What one best picture in the year the color purple was nominated? moment of truth gang out of Africa with Robert Redford Never saw it I saw it as a kid

I haven't seen it yet at all But yeah That was one of those movies Your parents watch And then you're like Can we watch something entertaining But maybe it's good I don't know

I never saw it so I can't I can't be the judge of that I'm still mad The Collin Purple didn't get it Yeah Yeah But I feel like our consensus is we all liked it.

We had a great time with you guys. No last things before I close us out. Anything? Oh, he's trying to read like a couple trivia real quick. Sophia's speech at the dinner table was an ad lib prompted by Stephen Spielberg in the middle of filming the scene. He asked Winfrey to express to Seeley how she felt that day when she saw Seeley in the store as Sophia was shopping for Miss Millie. That's cool. So Stevie came up with that shit.

said, I knew God was there. Remember her saying that? That's wild. Before production, Stephen Spielberg felt very insecure about being the director of the film. That makes sense. In fact, his initial response to Quincy Jones' request was no. Wow. Stephen Spielberg felt that his knowledge of the Deep South was inadequate and that the film

should have been directed by someone of color. Thanks, Stephen. Who could have at least related to the struggles faced by many blacks living in the old South. The Jones then argued, no, I want you to do it. And besides, did you have to be an alien to direct E.T. the extraterrestrial? Good point. That's based as hell.

Steven Spielberg appreciated his friend's logic and decided to take the role on as director of the film. All right, Spielberg, and his first baby was born during the making of this film. Oh, cool. Yeah, that's bonkers. Why? Oh, Wobie Goldberg's real life daughter, Alex appears is one of the children at the dinner table during Easter. Oh, that's cool. And Stephen Spielberg whistled for Harpo.

Wow. So look at him. You whistling director, guy. Stevens coming to the cookout. Wow. He can whistle. Whistle why you work, that's what he was doing. We love you guys.

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