Hello Hon-Tey's!
If your anything like me your probably struggling to deal with The Post Oprah Effect. Like many Americans and abroad I have watched Oprah for many years, and like many the world normally would stop when her show came on. I remember as a youngster watching big Oprah, small Oprah and in between Oprah...and if you were like many of her faithful viewers you fail to notice her ever changing metamorphoses.
However, it was after the Color Purple came out that I began to view Oprah Winfrey in a totally different light. She wasn't just an articulate black woman with a talk show, but she was now an actress. An actress that got my full attention in a movie that later made its way into my collection of noteworthy DVD's. It was the role of Sophia, Harpo's outspoken, brash and tell it like it T.I.S. wife! Sophia was my favorite character in the movie, and later I felt slighted when I noticed her name wasn't part of the movie poster credits.
Now at 9am on weekdays what am I supposed to do with my time? I can't look forward to Oprah walking out in her Christian Louboutins. I can't look forward to Oprah saying, "Closed Captioning is brought to you by the following ". I can't look forward to Oprah having an occasional "sista gurl" moment." I can't look forward to Oprah looking at a guest like, "Who booked yo crazy azz?" I can't look forward to Oprah speaking of the "Ugly Cry"! And finally, I can't look forward to Oprah propping her feet on the back of her heels because she doesn't like to wear heels!
Whatever it is you and millions of others will miss about the Big O, what will forever stand out in my mind is her last show in which she said, "You also have to know what sparks the light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world. You have the power to change somebody's life." That quote will live in me forever! YAAAAAS Hon-Tey!
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