Julius Tennon<\/a>] have been laughing for two days,\u201d Davis says.<\/p>\nBut her choice of words when opening the envelope \u2014 \u201cYou are shining, Harold Loomis. Shining like new money\u201d \u2014 was not accidental. To be fair, Davis only got through the first part of the quote; she drowned out the second half by screeching.<\/p>\n
The line comes from \u201cJoe Turner\u2019s Come and Gone,\u201d August Wilson\u2019s 1984 play. It\u2019s her favorite from his \u201cAmerican Century Cycle,\u201d and she made her stage debut \u2014 and secured her Actors\u2019 Equity card \u2014 in a 1988 production of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat line is constantly playing out in my mind,…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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