Jumping the broom3/26/2023 ![]() ![]() Loretta Devine (left) and Angela Bassett shine as Jason and Sabrina's mothers, who struggle to find common ground before the ceremony. ![]() And Sabrina's refusal to "jump the broom" at the wedding - to take part in a tradition dating back to the days of slavery - only confirms her assessment of them as "bougie." Her tendency to voice these opinions aloud doesn't do her any favors with Sabrina's mother (Angela Bassett). Jason's postal-worker mother (Loretta Devine), for instance, develops doubts about her future in-laws as soon as she sees their luxurious lifestyle. Both of these families are African-American, and writers Elizabeth Hunter and Arlene Gibbs set themselves the ambitious goal of analyzing as many divisions and prejudices within that community as they can fit into one narrative, whether it's wealth, culture, or skin tone. With those divisions established, Jumping the Broom plays out like a modern-day Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, with the conflicts played out along class lines instead of race. Jason, her upwardly mobile investment-banker intended (Laz Alonso), is the son of a working-class Brooklyn family. In this case the bride, Sabrina (Paula Patton), comes from an old-money family with an expansive Martha's Vineyard compound, which is to be the site of the happy occasion. But bringing two families together is a far cry from blending them, particularly when they come from entirely different worlds. Marriage, that blessed arrangement, that dream within a dream, is what brings together the two families in Jumping the Broom. ![]()
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