i've noticed that some other people on this board have said that they think sarah jane was simply acting at her mother's funeral, and crying fake tears. i always thought she was completely for real and truly heartbroken, especially what with her reaction in the last scene she ever saw her mother.
what does everyone else think?
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Those were real tears for sure. I mentioned in another thread that my theory is that it was not self hatred but a desire for camoflauge that led Sarah Jane down that path. It was perfectly understandable considering she had to live first hand with the fact that she was in a combined household with a white kid her age, and her mom despite being an "equal" partner in the business was always slavish in tone towards the white mother of the same age. Do you know what kind of mind**ck that would do to a strong minded kid like Sarah Jane who doesn't want to be viewed as a second class citizen? Sarah Jane is never shown kissing ass of white folk. In one scene, she gives the white folk a hint of how she feels by doing the whole mammy servant impression during a party in front of the white lady who cared for her(I may be confusing the earlier movie's events with this one, so excuse any discrepancies).
I think that in the scenes where Sarah Jane rejects her mom later on was a combination of anger at her mom for allowing herself to be in such a subservient position and the fact that she still loves her mom but it really sucks that her anger at her own status in society is leading her to lash out at the only person on earth who loves her.
Once her mom dies, the finality that there is no one else on earth who will love her unconditionally like her mom did sinks in. At that point, Sarah Jane could care less what people think of her and she wails openly about her loss. Nothing else about society matters to her at that point.
I am not one to shy away from calling a narcissistic character in a movie a spoiled bitch. But I do think Sarah Jane's failings were in her frustrated inability to cope with her status in society and her mom's mammy like appearance only reinforced her anger with the way things were and blending in as a white person was the only way out.
And I can't blame the mom for her demeanor because that was the way she was brought up and this was the only way she knew how to conduct herself with dignity even if it came across as servile to her daughter.
I think your post hit it on the nail better than any other comment I have read thus far. When I used to watch this picture I used to get so mad at Sara Jane but more recently I really became to understand both her and Annie's plight. During the time of this film it truly was hard being black and she could not see any other way of succeeding in life if she were to be judged soley on the grounds of her race. Annie on the other hand really had no choice in the matter because she could not "pass" and was also probably taught that the "subserviant" type jobs were all that she could get; therefore, she couldn't really understand SJ's wanting a way out.
So yes, I believe the tears were real in the end. SJ did love Annie but she wanted a chance for a better life than the one she saw was handed down to her mom.
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I think Sarah Jane was an a**hole (though, at the time you can understand her issues) but I don't think she was heartless. We see that throughout the movie she still loved her mother, but she hated that they were black. There is no reason for her to be acting. She'd get an inheritance either way because that's how Annie would want it and Lora would make sure it happened no matter how snotty Sarah Jane was.
I don't think Lora was acting either. There was no reason for it! She loved Annie. Annie was her dearest closets friend, why wouldn't she freak out?
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She was definetly NOT acting, I don't know where anyone got that idea from. Even though I hated her through most of the film, and couldn't stand how she treated her mother,I beleive she really loved her mother. She just did not want anyone to know she was black which is why she pushed her away.
At the end she relizes what she lost and how much she really did love her mother. She cries with guilt saying how she killed her mother and knew she would never know how much she loves her.
I don't think Sarah Jane was acting at all, during the funeral scene she pushed through the crowd and even fought with the cop to say her goodbyes to her mother's coffin. In that moment she had everything to lose but didn't care since she lost her mother. It's not like she didn't even have to attend the funeral since Annie asked Steve to make sure Sarah Jane got everything and her inheritance was settled. Even when Sarah Jane gets into the limo and Lana Turner's character hugs her she still looks upset.
I don't know about you but the ending always gets me crying when Sarah Jane says she's sorry and she mentions how she killed her.
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I heard that the whole movie was acting but I don't believe it
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