The original "Purlie" opened on Broadway back in 1970 and the purpose of this play was to "point the mocking finger at racial segregation and laugh it out of existence" according to Mr.
Purlie Victorious Judson (the very capable Jacques C. Smith) who has tried many careers and has received the call to be a preacher.
The trick is for Purlie to get that money by hook or crook, so he brings in a ringer to pretend to be his cousin, but his choice, Miss Lulubelle Gussie Mae Jenkins (the hysterical and stylishly funny Paulette Ivory) who is not playing with a full deck.
The man on the pulpit is Purlie Victorious, a new kind of preacher man, who sings the praises of life rather than the uncertainties of life in the hereafter.
Soon after she comes running in decrying the advances of the dirty old man. Purlie is outraged and charges up the hill to defend her honour.
So here is Purlie dedicating Big Bethel with the funeral of the man who made it both necessary and possible for such a festive occasion.
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