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The first scene begins with a close up shot of Senor Love Daddy's mouth, the top of a microphone, and an alarm clock. The alarm clock, being used as a prop, is making a very loud, annoying, ringing sound. This is done in order to get the viewers attention to the problem of racism. After the ringing stops, we start reframing in, and zooming out slowly, seeing more of Senor Love Daddy and the microphone. …

…to learn about these two characters. Through Mookie and Jade's conversation we learn that they are brother and sister. We learn that Jade must work a lot since she says Saturday is the only day she can sleep in. She tells Mookie to get to work and from this we can tell that she is the responsible one of the two. The scene concludes by Mookie getting up off the bed and going to work.