Watch that scene again. They’re braiding each other hair at the same time while watching a movie and reciting the lines hypnotically. From grandmother to mother to daughter in that order.
All Lee Daniels' mother wanted was for her son to 'make movies like Tyler Perry.' 'You're embarrassing us at church,' she said. So he made 'The Butler' to appease her, calling it 'the most refrained I’ve ever been, ever.'