The Color Purple Ep 3: Danielle Brooks

Oprah's Super Soul

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Sofia, Sofia, Sofia! In the final episode of this three-part series, Oprah sits down with TV, Film and Tony-nominated Broadway star Danielle Brooks to talk about her role as Sofia in The Color Purple. In this captivating conversation, the pair discusses Danielle’s life-changing trip to Broadway as a teenager, how God prepared her for this role, and how her rendition of the song ‘Hell No’ helped her cast out fear and disbelief. In a passing of the torch, Oprah and Danielle also share what playing Sofia means to them and how it has transformed both of their lives forever. This is a Harpo Production in association with Warner Bros. Pictures. Buy your tickets on Fandango now! https://www.fandango.com/canvas/thecolorpurple

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey.
0:02.0	Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast.
0:06.0	I believe that one of the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time,
0:12.0	taking time to be more fully present.
0:15.0	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us
0:21.0	starts right now.
0:25.1	Danielle Brooks.
0:26.4	Miss Oprah Winfrey.
0:28.0	Can you tell us the story of when you were in high school
0:31.6	and you were 15? And your father took you to see your first play, Broadway show.
0:36.0	Yes.
0:37.0	Yeah.
0:38.0	So my father had taken me to see the color purple on Broadway when I was fifth I know it was like the only
0:46.9	black show on Broadway at the time and my dad was like my little theater daughter
0:51.3	needs to see that.
0:53.0	So he took me to see it and I was in awe.
0:56.3	I was beside myself because I had for the first time seeing people that looked like me on a stage where they were just so
1:06.8	professional and so incredibly talented and so I just remember being like this at the theater and my dad was a big man so he was uncomfortable in him seats and he was like I need to go and I was like we'll go I'm just gonna sit here and I sat there in tears because the possibilities for my life had finally opened up and I was like I can do that.
1:31.0	Cut to me graduating Juilliard auditioning for thousands, not really, but you know,
1:39.4	it feels like that as an actor. Thousands of Broadway shows, and getting knows.
1:45.0	And I didn't understand why I was getting all of these knows.
1:49.0	But I now know it's because God said your first Broadway show has to be needs to be the color purple
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