It’s also drawn praise for the way it uses everyday culture to tackle salient social issues, including anti-black violence and the rise of the carceral state. Queen Sugar, which debuted in 2016, is known for a lot of things: for being the first major TV project from Ava DuVernay, for the fact that every episode is directed by a woman, for featuring an all-black main cast. Yet her arc isn’t just about flaky crusts and sweet fillings. It is this key scene from early in Queen Sugar’s third season that sets up the Vi’s Prized Pies storyline, in which Violet pursues her ambition of turning her baking prowess into a business. They understand why the placement of the pies matters so much to their Aunt Vi: The woman who has spent most of her life caring for them is finally allowing herself to dream big, even though dreaming can be a daunting and vulnerable act. An emotional Violet begins swapping her baked goods with the Ding Dongs and Suzy Q’s on the center table as her relatives assist. Instead, Violet and her family visit the store only to find her products stacked in a corner. Namely because of her own brand of “Vi’s Prized Pies,” which a white grocery-store owner named Jarrett Rawlings agreed to display prominently in his market. It’s my time.” Violet (played by Tina Lifford) makes this bold declaration-all because of pies. “And I will not be sidelined, sidetracked, or sidestepped, or put in a damn corner and told to wait my turn, not another day. “I’m almost 60 years old,” Violet Bordelon tells her much younger beau, Hollywood, in a pivotal episode of OWN’s Queen Sugar.
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