{"id":3068,"date":"2023-02-27T22:47:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T06:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shirscribe.com\/?p=3068"},"modified":"2023-02-27T23:29:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T07:29:00","slug":"movie-scenes-i-love-waiting-to-exhale-hotel-bar-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shirscribe.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/27\/movie-scenes-i-love-waiting-to-exhale-hotel-bar-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Scenes I Love: &#8216;Waiting to Exhale&#8217; Hotel Bar Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A while ago, actually probably over a year ago now, I was on Twitter just seeing what people were up to and someone posed the question, <em>what was the best cameo someone\u2019s had in a movie<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This question garnered a lot of comments. As I read through them, many good cameos were mentioned, however my favorite was left out. I don\u2019t remember if I chimed in and offered this one to the Twitterverse, but in today\u2019s long overdue entry in Movie Scenes I Love, I gladly bring it to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What scene is this you ask? Why it\u2019s the scene from \u201cWaiting to Exhale\u201d where Wesley Snipes joins Angela Basset at the hotel bar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I tell you I absolutely love that scene!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wesley snipe waiting to exhale\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RSlXXQjZm2Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>I know this clip is ghetto AF, but it&#8217;s the only one I could find of this scene, so enjoy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was 16* when that movie came out. Hearing all the buzz surrounding it, I don\u2019t ever think I\u2019d been so excited to see a movie before this one. So excited, in fact, was I, that I made a point of reading the entire book before the film debuted. And that\u2019s saying something for me because I\u2019m not much of a reader (though I\u2019d like to be\u2026now I\u2019d like to be).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I read the book and loved it \u2013 thought it was so good\u2014fueling my anticipation for the movie even more.&nbsp; Then I saw the movie. You know how they say read the book first because the book is always better than the movie? Well, that was the case in this situation. That\u2019s precisely why now I suggest to watch the movie first then read the book. It just may help stave off some disappointment. Matter-of-fact, you won\u2019t even know to be disappointed yet, unless the movies just that awful. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading the book first, you just know so much more than can possibly fit in the movie. I wonder how I would have perceived the movie if I didn\u2019t read the book first. Because I enjoyed the book so much, the movie, initially for me, was somewhat disappointing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that I\u2019m older and have read more books and even a few scripts, I understand a bit more about how hard it is to condense over 400 pages into a two hour ( 120 pages of mainly dialogue) movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But over time, I grew to like the movie more and more. I think perhaps for no other reason than it\u2019s easier to watch a movie over and over again than it is to repeatedly read a book. Though I will say, \u201cWaiting to Exhale\u201d is one of only a few books I\u2019ve read more than once. &nbsp;\u201cTo Kill a Mockingbird\u201d is another\u2026actually, right now I can\u2019t think of a third, but I know there must be one\u2026hmmm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, I keep watching it again and again for the culture. Sometimes I just need to see a decent, black film. I love a good romantic-comedy, romantic-drama, just anything with a juicy love story and most of the ones I watch have predominately white casts, so it\u2019s just nice to throw black ones into the mix whenever I can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When \u201cWaiting to Exhale\u201d came out, I think I saw it in the theatre three times \u2013 twice I paid for it, the other I snuck in. Though I wasn\u2019t really into it initially, I could tell it was a part of something big for black women and I guess I just wanted to soak that in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theatre was always crowded when I went to see it, and even though I wasn\u2019t too impressed with the movie at that time, I was always enamored with the scene where Wesley Snipes showed up on the screen. That scene where Angela Bassett\u2019s character Bernadine goes to a hotel bar alone after having a bad day in divorce court with her ex-husband, then next thing you know, she has company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wesley Snipes was a pretty big deal back then; he was a box office king. Meanwhile, \u201cWaiting to Exhale,\u201d was almost like the little movie that could. So seeing him show up was so unexpected** \u2013 kind of a big deal.\u00a0 And also the way it was shot and edited \u2013 we hear him before we see him. The tease of that unmistakable dark-chocolate hand on the seat next to hers. That telling bravado of his baritone voice leaving you thinking<em>: That can\u2019t be? Wait is it?<\/em> \u00a0Then, <em>yes, it is!<\/em> when the camera reveals the ultimate unexpected. Hearing everyone\u2019s reaction in the theatre \u2013 it was just so fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t know, overall, I just thought this was such a beautiful scene\u2014stuff that happens only in the movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever since I saw it, I\u2019ve always wanted to do that \u2013 go to a fancy hotel and have a drink at the bar alone. I\u2019ve traveled alone, I\u2019ve dined alone, but I\u2019ve never been to a hotel bar alone (Oh wait, I did have a drink at a bar alone in Paris, but no one was in there except me and a couple, and it wasn\u2019t in a hotel, so that doesn\u2019t really count. I didn\u2019t stay long. I was in and out.).&nbsp; I\u2019ve been to professional conferences at nice hotels where I had the perfect excuse to go there alone and still steered clear of the bar, walking by wanting to go but not having the nerve, I headed for the ice cream shop instead, or the food court, the boardwalk outside, but not the bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe one day I\u2019ll find the nerve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps on my next solo vacation\u2026perhaps locally\u2026perhaps never.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>*Watched the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RSlXXQjZm2Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trailer<\/a> after I wrote this, I was actually 15 when this came out. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>**Watched the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RSlXXQjZm2Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trailer<\/a> after I wrote this and realized that Wesley Snipes was in the trailer, but as I remembered it, his appearance was unexpected and got a reaction out of women every time. But maybe that was because he was also a sex-symbol back then too. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Isn&#8217;t it funny how we remember things? <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago, actually probably over a year ago now, I was on Twitter just seeing what people were up to and someone posed the question, what was the best cameo someone\u2019s had in a movie? 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