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Why did the preacher quit?


The light skinned black preacher that directed the first play. He is later seen at psych hospital. What was wrong with him?

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Because he was light skinned black?

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I thought he was just terminally ill? And did we see him at a psych hospital? I think it was just at the hospital/clinic where Lady Bird's mother works as a nurse.

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I assumed that he had admitted himself for treatment for depression/suicidality due to his young son's death (discussed earlier in the movie as the reason he cried so easily)

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Same - that's what I thought too.

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Yeah, during the "crying exercise" it comes out that he had a son who died and he is still overcome with grief over it. So he submits himself to treatment at the mental health facility where Lady Bird's mom works. I felt like there could have been a few more scenes regarding that but yeah, it basically was his depression that got the better of him and forced him to quit.


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