Clip form 1978 classic "A Piece of the Action." This scene features a young Sheryl Lee Ralph going off...
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when i first saw this scene, my mouth dropped. Sheryl Lee Ralph owned this scene! Great directing by Mr. Sidney Poitier.
@ghanasoul6 жыл бұрын
From Barbara Hanley to Barbara Howard. Congrats to Ms. Sheryl taking home her first Emmy after 40+ years in show business. 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@DavidRichardson95 Жыл бұрын
Wow, she went off. Sheryl Lee Ralph is amazing in this scene. I felt bad for that teacher.
@619TOUGHLADY10 жыл бұрын
This Scene was hard hitting from both sides! it was well done❤
@sherrydashiell24087 ай бұрын
That was Sheryl Lee Ralph's 1st major film. She was 18 at the time. Sydney Poitier even gave Ernest Thomas (What's Happ'ning) some exposure.
@MadAngel2096 жыл бұрын
The Jamerican came out of Sheryl Lee Ralph. I just need her to repeat every word in Jamaican Patois, that would be another classic.... Lmao! 🤔
@viewmaster20277 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this scene when it came out and he whole theatre went quit. I was just a kid like 11 yo. I felt so bad for Ms. Thomas. I think we all did. It's not that what Sheryl said was wrong(even Ms. Thomas acknowledged in a later scene that she kind right) It's just the devastating way that she said it. Damn!
@justaloe Жыл бұрын
It was necessary.
@Laura-sg6ss Жыл бұрын
I been loving Sheryl Lee Ralph since seeing this scene when it came out & saw this as a child! 😍💜😍
@FitnessFocusedSistah3 ай бұрын
Damn...she told it like it is!
@510Mrniceguy8 жыл бұрын
Every time I watch this it brings water to my eyes. From the first time I saw the movie to this present time. I just love this scene, reality kicks in.
@colinblackman72011 жыл бұрын
Great Dialogue between two good actresses Sheryl Lee Ralph nailed that's actually some of the best acting I've seen her do ..
@laromearm2 ай бұрын
More like a monologue actually. Sheryl Lee Ralph does virtually all the talking. It wasn't even a monologue actually, it was a dressing down, a brutal dressing down. Great scene, powerful scene, excellent acting.
@MundiaKamauАй бұрын
SHERYL NOW HAS MY ATTENTION❤❤❤
@georgealexander79769 ай бұрын
CONGRATULATIONS Ms. Sherly Lee Ralph on your EMMY AWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@terracottawellness1561 Жыл бұрын
Should of gave her a Oscar.
@LETSTALKABOUTIT6078 жыл бұрын
I agree. Sheryl's acting skills were superb. But you know the game...
@theduchess52846 жыл бұрын
By whom, the people/system she was talking about??? Often one has to play game/kiss asz to get decorated. Like a man said, "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH" said truth,,,.
@user-qu4ey5yy3f2 ай бұрын
SHE GOT HER EMMY TONIGHT 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@QWOMYN Жыл бұрын
From "A Piece of the action (1977)" to the Dream Girls on Broadway to Moesha to Abbott Elementary to the 2023 Super Bowl . Ms. Sheryl Lee Ralph always reppi.
@Mr100690 Жыл бұрын
This is one of SLR's most powerful.scenes of her career!!!! This!!!!
@shoogafoot12046 жыл бұрын
I find something new every time I watch this. The nice student in the front seat (Not Raj) co-signed "Yea"all loud to the" what you need is a man" which is messed up because he typically liked the teacher and had no problem with her. It is all typical and comical though. Teacher is frazzled and Poitier is the antithesis of frazzled. He could have set them straight right there, but he buys his time and lets them have it a few clips later.
@kevonedmonds13 жыл бұрын
It took YEARS! BUT HER BRILLIANCE HAS BE AWARDED!
@Tab1975 Жыл бұрын
There's so much more to this than people realize, I always chime in here every few years on this. The educational disparity is larger than what's on display. The ignorance on both sides, for a middle class black not to recognize the true idea of never having privilege, while the lower class black not to recognize that these are the only people trying to give a damn. It's a rough card, every day I do it, but I now I live in my students' community
@TheCaliforniaHP10 жыл бұрын
That Part💯💯💯💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@sirresebethea Жыл бұрын
The only video, I know of. That has 0 dislikes. I quote this movie out all the time t to test my family out. Especially, "My ass bleeds for you!".
@hodgej9 жыл бұрын
I felt this scene from both perspectives. Sheryl Lee Ralph was right though. She felt attacked and she stood up for herself.
@rickeygeetv6197 Жыл бұрын
Sheryl spoke for all of us poor Black/Brown folks. She spoke it masterfully. WE ARE ALL BEING PLAYED!
@user-qu4ey5yy3f2 ай бұрын
@@user-qu4ey5yy3fAll folks all over the world are being played, regardless of race.
@MundiaKamauАй бұрын
I love love this movie!!
@amadah315 жыл бұрын
Miss Thomas met the “right” ghetto person that day 😂😂😂😂
@Cookie120171 Жыл бұрын
AND SCENE. now that's a monologue. Sheryl Lee Ralph got in that ass. "my ass bleeds for you." wow. This is one of my favorite movies of all time because of this scene alone.
@pointhimout12 жыл бұрын
CLASSIC!
@user-qu4ey5yy3f2 ай бұрын
It wasn't even a monologue actually, it was a dressing down, a brutal dressing down. Great scene, powerful scene, excellent acting.
@MundiaKamauАй бұрын
Damn! I haven't seen this in years. Now I know that's Sheryl Lee Ralph. Wow!
@ValleyGyrlTV13 жыл бұрын
I have always loved this scene. Barbara was right. It's still true today.
@kimberlyjames46484 жыл бұрын
It's very alive today and will continue thriving unless we wake up and confront it.
@user-qu4ey5yy3f2 ай бұрын
This scene was too real... Recently revisited the movie and it was cool to see the positive changes.
@68NYC15 жыл бұрын
"I know a POVERTY PIMP when I see one.." lol & smh
@Lashid4u8 жыл бұрын
There is a pile of em!
@Zlogical17 жыл бұрын
Lashid4u As good as that telling off was, it was helped by Ms. Thomas not being a good game day coach able to readjust on the fly independent of her class notes. Poitier's character is much more poised as we later see. Even here Thomas could have calmly explored the child's allegations without being shook. Would you prefer a white teacher do this job? What would be your proposed solution? I got off to a wrong start so how do you propose we move forward? What do you say that we explore your grievances in private without the peanut gallery in the cheap seats....I mean audience.
@drtroyturner74646 жыл бұрын
SLR probably didn’t have to eat for another day after chewing all that scenery. 😁
@JeffTheGent Жыл бұрын
Love me sum Sheryl Lee Ralph!
@bokay390010 жыл бұрын
The audio changed at 1:41. She actually said "fuckin", but because of the movie being rated PG, they had to change it. Btw, I'm 18 years old, and this is one of my favorite movies from 1977.
@LilGabe5047 жыл бұрын
Barbara could have been A damn good attorney!!
@terrybradford4183 жыл бұрын
Sheryl stated actresses use her great monologue to audition for acting school or acting roles.
@films55555 ай бұрын
No kidding?🙂Understandable though, very understandable. Great scene, excellent acting.
@MundiaKamauАй бұрын
CLASSIC!!
@wteva9916 жыл бұрын
she went off on the teacher....i felt really bad for her but barbara did make a few points but still she didnt have to take it that far especially bringing up the vibrater
@slimpickens91357 жыл бұрын
WOW!!!
@AlanLiddell7 жыл бұрын
Wish I could get the bleeped out version of this. I want to show it to adults on how to deal with difficult people and I dont want the already finicky group turning their noses up. Poitier is too cool and shows how to handle Barbara with the less is more.
@kevonedmonds13 жыл бұрын
I think that movie is called; A PIECE OF THE ACTION, I remember going to movie with my boyfriend in 1976 when I first saw this. SIDNEY POITIER, BILL COSBY, DENISE NICHOLAS, HOPE---- I forgot her last name.
@user-qj3jz9ho1h4 жыл бұрын
Oh, where has time gone? I remember seeing it at the theater, I was 17.
@user-qu4ey5yy3f2 ай бұрын
LOVE LOVE LOVE
@momcolorloveallcolors4744 жыл бұрын
Great scene, powerful scene, excellent acting. Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 29th March 2024.
@MundiaKamauАй бұрын
TV One Unsung Hollywood did an episode on Sheryl Lee Ralph last week.
@The1baddman7 жыл бұрын
Was Barbara right? No barbara was short sighted..couldnt see the teacher was there trying to help, while probably making mimium wage.. however Barbara was cold blooded like rick james.. LMAO
@alexcoleman94973 жыл бұрын
That Part💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
@sirresebethea Жыл бұрын
WOO
@NormanHonore Жыл бұрын
In all fairness Miss Thomas was degrading her and probably deserved what she got. She reacted that way, because she knew most of it was true.
@goodjuju3204 жыл бұрын
True but there is way you can grab the students attention to see that they don’t have to remain the same
@sirresebethea Жыл бұрын
She didn’t deserve it. She was teaching in the inner city when she could have been elsewhere. Also, watch the scene. Barb definitely wasn’t paying attention! Sydney came in after and laid down the law.
@craigshields880610 ай бұрын
@@craigshields8806Barack Obama worked in the inner city, became a US Senator, and then became US President. How many inner city folks did Barack Obama take with him to the White House? Democracy has become a sham, if ever it was real in the first place. Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 29th March 2024.
@MundiaKamauАй бұрын
@@MundiaKamau Dude, mind the business that pays you. We'll focus on America!
@craigshields8806Ай бұрын
Classic
@anthonychoyce64963 жыл бұрын
Well well well... look at Barbara the teacher now! #abbottelementary
@divasag601 Жыл бұрын
There are certain things a teacher shouldn't say to a student in front of the whole class...girl went overboard on her...had her crying....
@dlastqueen15 жыл бұрын
damn she called the teacher out on that
@dlass771013 жыл бұрын
I would like to make a similar speech to every republican in congress.
@sharks2712 жыл бұрын
I have a theory that Barbara Hanley and Barbara Howard are the same person.
@battlegirldeb3 ай бұрын
Can you do the work are you dependable?
@rositawatts08269 жыл бұрын
she still looks the same, not a crack in that good back skin.
@TheVee90914 жыл бұрын
TheVee909 *black
@drtroyturner74646 жыл бұрын
LOL........MRS,THOMAS!
@dwainwalton10 жыл бұрын
Goddamn, she told that uppity ass teacher OFF big time ! Barbara spoke the damn truth, even if she never told it again in her life ! Umphf ! !
@TheCarstarks Жыл бұрын
She bought her down to her level which she shouldn’t have
@sirresebethea Жыл бұрын
Sheryl went to da bridge and RIPPED it!
@wrinthiakendrick35953 жыл бұрын
get her! LOL :)
@snacks12310 жыл бұрын
I ain't ever gonna get a job with people like you around. "Whateva. See you tomorrow. Or not. Your choice." Actually when I worked for Corrections and I responded flippant like that The prisoners loved talking amongst themselves See? He don't care. But given the alternative of allowing one to eat you up like Barbara, this teacher would have been better disengaging and leaving students to brew amongst themselves and speculate that she is an ice queen as demonstrated by her disengaging tactic just then. Oh well. She should've never allowed the focus to be on her. I like how Poitier showed the antithesis of this weak teacher in the Principal Nichols character. You know if Barb had used the same sililoque on Denise Nichols, her hip character would've responded "Cute, witty, somewhat backward and primitive. I'm done here. We can continue our talks when YOU come around."
@drtroyturner74647 жыл бұрын
Precisely! While the teacher shouldn't have said anything publicly that might humiliate her, Barbara's assessment was all the way wrong. That lady could have taken a job elsewhere and still gone home to her $15K and "1st Negro in my neighborhood home" but instead she was there, working with children that very few other people cared about. I taught for 2 decades--you aren't going to make me feel bad because I chose to succeed in school and earn my degrees.
@gotmypearls Жыл бұрын
@ itsthejoint,, go to you tube and key in : apiece of the action " who knows the program "
@garryblanson10 жыл бұрын
That was slick some of the worst crying I seen ever lol
@BlackedOutExcalibur6 жыл бұрын
Sheryl Lee Ralph. She was kind of thick back then.
@pmelady13 жыл бұрын
Did she imply that the teacher was a closeted lesbian? ...by saying a man or "somebody" to get her through the night.
@davielove117 жыл бұрын
davielove11, she just pretty much told her that she needs some dick.
@MadAngel2096 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@slimpickens014 ай бұрын
Check out Sheryl Lee Ralph in "The Neighborhood". Damn she was/is hot!
@bokay390010 жыл бұрын
Katt Williams vs Wanda. The Original.
@drtroyturner74644 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@slimpickens014 ай бұрын
SAVAGE reading! 🙄
@redzoom78577 жыл бұрын
where can i get this movie or watch it?
@faronzeno48267 жыл бұрын
Faron Zeno firestick
@slimpickens91357 жыл бұрын
Faron Zeno Buy a Kodi box or stick. They are almost exhaustive of every movie made. You can put in the title search or put in names of any of the 4 actors movies not tv and it will appear amongst many others. $85 up front but soon is paying for itself. I ditched cable years ago.
@drtroyturner74646 жыл бұрын
Tomorrow my Presentation to teachers is on Kids who won't listen. I don't trust my ability to turn down volume to conceal N word and don't want one greedy decision (by me) to haunt an otherwise riveting and professional hour. I am using Esther sassing her stepmom, Damien in History class and of course Will pushing Sean's buttons.
@drtroyturner74648 жыл бұрын
what do you want to know tell me about the program program aint shit. lol
@bboyslim30412 жыл бұрын
ooooh...sheryl lee would cringe at that scene now...she is saved...lol
when i first saw this scene, my mouth dropped. Sheryl Lee Ralph owned this scene! Great directing by Mr. Sidney Poitier.
From Barbara Hanley to Barbara Howard. Congrats to Ms. Sheryl taking home her first Emmy after 40+ years in show business. 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Wow, she went off. Sheryl Lee Ralph is amazing in this scene. I felt bad for that teacher.
This Scene was hard hitting from both sides! it was well done❤
That was Sheryl Lee Ralph's 1st major film. She was 18 at the time. Sydney Poitier even gave Ernest Thomas (What's Happ'ning) some exposure.
The Jamerican came out of Sheryl Lee Ralph. I just need her to repeat every word in Jamaican Patois, that would be another classic.... Lmao! 🤔
I remember watching this scene when it came out and he whole theatre went quit. I was just a kid like 11 yo. I felt so bad for Ms. Thomas. I think we all did. It's not that what Sheryl said was wrong(even Ms. Thomas acknowledged in a later scene that she kind right) It's just the devastating way that she said it. Damn!
It was necessary.
I been loving Sheryl Lee Ralph since seeing this scene when it came out & saw this as a child! 😍💜😍
Damn...she told it like it is!
Every time I watch this it brings water to my eyes. From the first time I saw the movie to this present time. I just love this scene, reality kicks in.
Great Dialogue between two good actresses Sheryl Lee Ralph nailed that's actually some of the best acting I've seen her do ..
More like a monologue actually. Sheryl Lee Ralph does virtually all the talking. It wasn't even a monologue actually, it was a dressing down, a brutal dressing down. Great scene, powerful scene, excellent acting.
SHERYL NOW HAS MY ATTENTION❤❤❤
CONGRATULATIONS Ms. Sherly Lee Ralph on your EMMY AWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Should of gave her a Oscar.
I agree. Sheryl's acting skills were superb. But you know the game...
By whom, the people/system she was talking about??? Often one has to play game/kiss asz to get decorated. Like a man said, "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH" said truth,,,.
SHE GOT HER EMMY TONIGHT 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
From "A Piece of the action (1977)" to the Dream Girls on Broadway to Moesha to Abbott Elementary to the 2023 Super Bowl . Ms. Sheryl Lee Ralph always reppi.
This is one of SLR's most powerful.scenes of her career!!!! This!!!!
I find something new every time I watch this. The nice student in the front seat (Not Raj) co-signed "Yea"all loud to the" what you need is a man" which is messed up because he typically liked the teacher and had no problem with her. It is all typical and comical though. Teacher is frazzled and Poitier is the antithesis of frazzled. He could have set them straight right there, but he buys his time and lets them have it a few clips later.
It took YEARS! BUT HER BRILLIANCE HAS BE AWARDED!
There's so much more to this than people realize, I always chime in here every few years on this. The educational disparity is larger than what's on display. The ignorance on both sides, for a middle class black not to recognize the true idea of never having privilege, while the lower class black not to recognize that these are the only people trying to give a damn. It's a rough card, every day I do it, but I now I live in my students' community
That Part💯💯💯💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
The only video, I know of. That has 0 dislikes. I quote this movie out all the time t to test my family out. Especially, "My ass bleeds for you!".
I felt this scene from both perspectives. Sheryl Lee Ralph was right though. She felt attacked and she stood up for herself.
Sheryl spoke for all of us poor Black/Brown folks. She spoke it masterfully. WE ARE ALL BEING PLAYED!
@@user-qu4ey5yy3fAll folks all over the world are being played, regardless of race.
I love love this movie!!
Miss Thomas met the “right” ghetto person that day 😂😂😂😂
AND SCENE. now that's a monologue. Sheryl Lee Ralph got in that ass. "my ass bleeds for you." wow. This is one of my favorite movies of all time because of this scene alone.
CLASSIC!
It wasn't even a monologue actually, it was a dressing down, a brutal dressing down. Great scene, powerful scene, excellent acting.
Damn! I haven't seen this in years. Now I know that's Sheryl Lee Ralph. Wow!
I have always loved this scene. Barbara was right. It's still true today.
It's very alive today and will continue thriving unless we wake up and confront it.
This scene was too real... Recently revisited the movie and it was cool to see the positive changes.
"I know a POVERTY PIMP when I see one.." lol & smh
There is a pile of em!
Lashid4u As good as that telling off was, it was helped by Ms. Thomas not being a good game day coach able to readjust on the fly independent of her class notes. Poitier's character is much more poised as we later see. Even here Thomas could have calmly explored the child's allegations without being shook. Would you prefer a white teacher do this job? What would be your proposed solution? I got off to a wrong start so how do you propose we move forward? What do you say that we explore your grievances in private without the peanut gallery in the cheap seats....I mean audience.
SLR probably didn’t have to eat for another day after chewing all that scenery. 😁
Love me sum Sheryl Lee Ralph!
The audio changed at 1:41. She actually said "fuckin", but because of the movie being rated PG, they had to change it. Btw, I'm 18 years old, and this is one of my favorite movies from 1977.
Barbara could have been A damn good attorney!!
Sheryl stated actresses use her great monologue to audition for acting school or acting roles.
No kidding?🙂Understandable though, very understandable. Great scene, excellent acting.
CLASSIC!!
she went off on the teacher....i felt really bad for her but barbara did make a few points but still she didnt have to take it that far especially bringing up the vibrater
WOW!!!
Wish I could get the bleeped out version of this. I want to show it to adults on how to deal with difficult people and I dont want the already finicky group turning their noses up. Poitier is too cool and shows how to handle Barbara with the less is more.
I think that movie is called; A PIECE OF THE ACTION, I remember going to movie with my boyfriend in 1976 when I first saw this. SIDNEY POITIER, BILL COSBY, DENISE NICHOLAS, HOPE---- I forgot her last name.
Oh, where has time gone? I remember seeing it at the theater, I was 17.
LOVE LOVE LOVE
Great scene, powerful scene, excellent acting. Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 29th March 2024.
TV One Unsung Hollywood did an episode on Sheryl Lee Ralph last week.
Was Barbara right? No barbara was short sighted..couldnt see the teacher was there trying to help, while probably making mimium wage.. however Barbara was cold blooded like rick james.. LMAO
That Part💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
WOO
In all fairness Miss Thomas was degrading her and probably deserved what she got. She reacted that way, because she knew most of it was true.
True but there is way you can grab the students attention to see that they don’t have to remain the same
She didn’t deserve it. She was teaching in the inner city when she could have been elsewhere. Also, watch the scene. Barb definitely wasn’t paying attention! Sydney came in after and laid down the law.
@@craigshields8806Barack Obama worked in the inner city, became a US Senator, and then became US President. How many inner city folks did Barack Obama take with him to the White House? Democracy has become a sham, if ever it was real in the first place. Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 29th March 2024.
@@MundiaKamau Dude, mind the business that pays you. We'll focus on America!
Classic
Well well well... look at Barbara the teacher now! #abbottelementary
There are certain things a teacher shouldn't say to a student in front of the whole class...girl went overboard on her...had her crying....
damn she called the teacher out on that
I would like to make a similar speech to every republican in congress.
I have a theory that Barbara Hanley and Barbara Howard are the same person.
Can you do the work are you dependable?
she still looks the same, not a crack in that good back skin.
TheVee909 *black
LOL........MRS,THOMAS!
Goddamn, she told that uppity ass teacher OFF big time ! Barbara spoke the damn truth, even if she never told it again in her life ! Umphf ! !
She bought her down to her level which she shouldn’t have
Sheryl went to da bridge and RIPPED it!
get her! LOL :)
I ain't ever gonna get a job with people like you around. "Whateva. See you tomorrow. Or not. Your choice." Actually when I worked for Corrections and I responded flippant like that The prisoners loved talking amongst themselves See? He don't care. But given the alternative of allowing one to eat you up like Barbara, this teacher would have been better disengaging and leaving students to brew amongst themselves and speculate that she is an ice queen as demonstrated by her disengaging tactic just then. Oh well. She should've never allowed the focus to be on her. I like how Poitier showed the antithesis of this weak teacher in the Principal Nichols character. You know if Barb had used the same sililoque on Denise Nichols, her hip character would've responded "Cute, witty, somewhat backward and primitive. I'm done here. We can continue our talks when YOU come around."
Precisely! While the teacher shouldn't have said anything publicly that might humiliate her, Barbara's assessment was all the way wrong. That lady could have taken a job elsewhere and still gone home to her $15K and "1st Negro in my neighborhood home" but instead she was there, working with children that very few other people cared about. I taught for 2 decades--you aren't going to make me feel bad because I chose to succeed in school and earn my degrees.
@ itsthejoint,, go to you tube and key in : apiece of the action " who knows the program "
That was slick some of the worst crying I seen ever lol
Sheryl Lee Ralph. She was kind of thick back then.
Did she imply that the teacher was a closeted lesbian? ...by saying a man or "somebody" to get her through the night.
davielove11, she just pretty much told her that she needs some dick.
😂😂
Check out Sheryl Lee Ralph in "The Neighborhood". Damn she was/is hot!
Katt Williams vs Wanda. The Original.
😂😂😂
SAVAGE reading! 🙄
where can i get this movie or watch it?
Faron Zeno firestick
Faron Zeno Buy a Kodi box or stick. They are almost exhaustive of every movie made. You can put in the title search or put in names of any of the 4 actors movies not tv and it will appear amongst many others. $85 up front but soon is paying for itself. I ditched cable years ago.
Tomorrow my Presentation to teachers is on Kids who won't listen. I don't trust my ability to turn down volume to conceal N word and don't want one greedy decision (by me) to haunt an otherwise riveting and professional hour. I am using Esther sassing her stepmom, Damien in History class and of course Will pushing Sean's buttons.
what do you want to know tell me about the program program aint shit. lol
ooooh...sheryl lee would cringe at that scene now...she is saved...lol
Really??