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How Aunt Vi on 'Queen Sugar' gave me hope as a Black woman living with lupus - theGrio

TheGrio's Natasha Alford, explains how a powerful storyline on the hit OWN show, "Queen Sugar" helped her come to terms with her diagnosis.

Queen Sugar‘s Aunt Vi gave me hope at a time when I needed it the most.

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THE PERFORMER:  Tina Lifford THE SHOW: OWN’s Queen Sugar THE EPISODE: “Here” (Sept. 4, 2019) THE PERFORMANCE:

It was tremendously difficult to see rock-steady Aunt Violet get shaken by both the truths spilled in Nova’s book and Jimmy Dale’s unwanted reappearance that followed. But this week, Lifford in a gripping sequence showed us Vi emerging from that fog to read her abusive ex and reclaim her power..

Vi looked broken, words barely able to flow out of her, when she showed up at Jimmy Dale’s to literally rid herself of the memories that chronicled their dark past. “You need to carry the burden of what you did to me; not me,” she told her ex. “I am holding you accountable for the p-… the pain you inflicted on me.”

As nearby Nova (interestingly, as the catalyst for much of this) reached for and held her hand, Vi kept herself together through the exchange. But when Jimmy Dale smashed the memory box to pieces behind her, Lifford signaled that a switch had flipped inside Aunt Vi, as her eyes widened and a confidence washed across her face. Surveying Jimmy Dale’s shanty-like digs, she sniffed, “You’re the one that had to clean up to come see me, because you ain’t nothin’. Your prime is over and all you got is nasty words.” Stepping back up onto the porch, she got in his face to declare, “I won. I got the good life. I got the money. I got the house, the business, the respect. Love. You just an old, worn-out dog, You ain’t s–t.”

Lifford’s triumphant hour wasn’t over, though. In a scene that immediately followed, Vi intercepted Jimmy Dale’s latest, banged-up victim and convinced her to turn heel and break the cycle (“I’m you, 30 years ago”). And then there was the sweet moment at the diner with Darla, who gifted her with her 30-day chip. Finally, Violet kicked back at home to announce that the time for looking back, and for secrets, was over. “You did good, Aunt Vi,” Nova noted. And we wholeheartedly agree.

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Lexa, turn on Vi’s Party List.

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This season has been heavy on really impressive performances from Dawn Lyen Gardner and Bianca Lawson and we’re always talking about when they’re gonna get their Emmys, but Tina Lifford really brought it tonight and just as equally deserves an Emmy for her performances during this season.

Aunt Vi is such an incredibly fascinating character who can be simultaneously inspiring and hilarious and frustrating. And she’s grown SO much this season, she’s having to face all of her worst demons and do a lot of self reflection in order to come out the other side. And it’s just a joy to watch and that’s got a lot to do with how well Tina Lifford portrays her, so kudos to Tina!

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It was hard for me, too. But he was my husband, and I was a young woman. I thought this was just the way it had to be. I even stopped saying no... because it didn’t seem to matter.

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I think I got some work I need to do on myself when it comes to Jimmy Dale. I never dealt with it.