Dirty Laundry Page #6

Synopsis: After ten years, Sheldon returns from New York City to Paris, Georgia. His mother Evelyn, a laundress who is stubborn, ornery, opinionated, mean-spirited, insulting, and inflexible, has sent a ten-year-old boy who says he's Sheldon's son up to see Sheldon. Sheldon comes home to straighten things out. Old arguments flare up - between mother and son and between brothers. Sheldon wants no part of fatherhood or family. Then, someone else from New York shows up at Evelyn's door, bringing a new set of challenges. Will this family ever stop airing its dirty laundry? And what of Sheldon: where is his pride? Can he, in the words of James Baldwin, go where his blood beats and live the life he has?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Maurice Jamal
Production: BiggerEpic
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
48
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
PG-13
Year:
2006
100 min
Website
276 Views


[Sighs]

When did you move back in here?

Mmm, about two years ago.

Broke up with Pudge's daddy.

He was cheatin' on me.

And moved back in here, was gonna

save some money, but you know how Mama is.

Yeah. She's like a black hole.

You talk to Eugene?

Sheldon, don't-

Sheldon. Sheldon!

Come back here!

What are you doin'?

Well, you're not that rusty.

I think you know what I'm doin'.

Well, what did I say? What if people saw us?

What would they think?

Well, they'd probably think

we was havin' a good time.

- [Both Laugh]

- Come on. Ain't nothing wrong with that, is there?

I ain't some loosey-goosey

you can just press up against...

bring over your drawers

for me to wash...

and then make me

the talk of the town.

Loosey-goosey.

I-I-Is that how you think I feel about you?

Look, we've been goin'

together a long time...

and I believe

we need to let go-

You know, let it go.

Just let it come on out.

No.

- I love you, Evie.

- Oh! And see? Now you just talkin' crazy.

- Evelyn Bernice Davis.

- Huh?

There's been something

I been wantin' to ask you for a long time.

Unless you askin' me to put more starch

in your shirts, you best stand up.

But, Evelyn-

Come on, you old fool!

Look, I-I-I know you had it real bad

with your first husband...

but I-I-I just want you to be happy.

Now, see, that's something you don't know

nothing about! Now, look, I don't know-

I should have never gotten involved

with a crazy old fool like you.

- Evelyn, come on!

- Go on. Get out of here! Just get on out of here.

- Get on! Get! Get off my porch!

- All right.

Get your ass off my porch.

[Man Singing]

- See you tomorrow.

- [Ends]

[Piano]

Holy, holy

Holy

Lord God

Almighty

Early

Early in the morning

Our song

Shall rise to thee, yeah

Almighty

God in three persons

- Yeah

- Blessed Trinity

Bless this Trinity

Almighty God in

Three persons

Bless this Trinity

Almighty

God in three persons

God in three persons

- Blessed Trinity

- Yeah

Blessed Trini-

Trini-

Trinity

Yeah, yeah

- Oh!

- [Ends]

All right.

Not bad. Not bad, altos.

All right, sopranos.

- But you all really need to give

it to me on that last note.

- Mm-hmm.

Sopranos, you too.

Lettuce, you was fabulous.

- I know I hit my note.

- That's right.

Now, Clarine and Jackie,

you two divas need some work.

Tenors, wonderful.

Okay. I'll see everyone next week.

And, Jackie, on time.

[Lettuce]

Mm-hmm.

[Both Murmuring]

Uh, Jackie?

Jackie.

I hear my nephew done

found his way back home.

- Heard already? Yeah, he back.

- [Chuckles]

Well, good news travels faster

than rain off a greased pig.

You know, God is great.

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