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SOFIA (entering with a man who looks like a prizefighter)
C'mon, Buster!
CHURCH LADIES
WHO DIS?
LOOK AT
WHO DAT!
DAT SO-FI-A!
TELL ME
WHO DAT WIT' HER?
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WHO DIS?
LOOK AT
WHO DAT!
DAT SO-FI-A!
WAIT 'TIL
HARPO SEE HER!
SOFIA
Would you look at what Harpo done here.
Oooooh, Miss Celie!
CELIE
Sofia, this here is Shug Avery.
SOFIA
Nice to meet you, Ma'am.
CELIE
Who dat?
SOFIA
THIS HERE IS HENRY,
HENRY BROADNAX.
CHURCH LADIES (cooing)
OH HENRY!
SOFIA
BUT EVERYBODY CALL HIM BUSTER.
A PRIZE FIGHTER,
FRIEND OF THE FAMILY.
CHURCH LADIES (swooning as they sing)
OH! OH! OH, BUSTER!
MISTER
WHERE YOUR CHIRREN AT, SOFIA?
SOFIA
WHERE YOUR'N?
HARPO
OH NO, SOFIA,
WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' HERE?
A WOMAN NEED TO,
SHE NEED TO BE AT HOME.
SOFIA
I COME TO HEAR MISS SHUG SING.
A WOMAN NEED TO HAVE SOME FUN.
(to Celie)AIN'T THAT RIGHT, MISS CELIE?
HARPO
IT JES A SCANDLESS -
CHURCH LADIES
SCANDLESS!
HARPO
GAL WITH FIVE CHIRREN
OUT IN THE JUKE AT NIGHT.
SOFIA
YOU KNOW I GOT SIX CHIRREN NOW.
HARPO & CELIE
SIX?!
SOFIA
LIFE DON'T STOP JUST 'CUZ YOU LEAVE HOME.
AIN'T THAT RIGHT, MISS CELIE?
C'mon, Buster, let's find a seat.
HARPO (to the piano player)
Play somethin', Jawbone.
(to Sofia)LET'S DANCE.
They cross to the dance floor.
BUSTER
Well, that's first time I ever been knocked down without throwin' a punch!
SOFIA
HARPO. BE NICE. BE NICE.
HARPO
SO-FIA. SO-FI-A.
SQUEAK
HARPO! WHO DIS WOMAN?
HARPO
You know who she is.
SQUEAK
SHE BEST TO LEAVE YOU ALONE!
WOMEN
Uh-oh.
SOFIA
Fine with me.
HARPO
BABY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO NOWHERE.
HELL, THIS IS YOUR DAMN HOUSE!
SQUEAK
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS IS HER HOUSE?!
YOU SAID IT WAS OUR HOUSE.
SHE WALK AWAY FROM IT,
SO IT OVER NOW!
CROWD
UH-OH!
SOFIA
Fine with me.
HARPO
WOMAN, CAN'T A MAN GET SOME PEACE,
DANCIN' WITH HIS OWN WIFE?
SQUEAK
NOT IF HE MY MAN, AND NOT IF HE LOVE ME.
NO, NOT IF HE MY MAN HE CAN'T.
YOU HEAR THAT, BITCH?
CROWD
UH-OH!
CHURCH LADIES
HER HOUSE? THIS IS YOUR HOUSE,
AIN'T BUT ONE HOUSE, TELL ME WHOSE IS IT?
HER HOUSE, THIS IS YOUR HOUSE,
AIN'T BUT ONE HOUSE, BETTER KEEP HIM IN IT!
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SQUEAK
You ain't nothin' but a big old heifer.
SOFIA
Like I said, fine with me.
CHURCH LADIES
HER HOUSE?
THIS IS YOUR HOUSE,
AIN'T BUT ONE -
Squeak slaps Sophia across the head.
BUSTER & CROWD
UH-OH!!
Sophia decks Squeak with one punch.
HARPO (to Sofia)
I don't allow no fightin' in here, Sofia.
SOFIA
She slap me, everybody see that.
HARPO
And you go and knock her out like she a man.
SOFIA
I'll knock youout!
HARPO
Take Sofia home, Buster.
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