| interview questions for Diana/Violet I was so excited I could scarcely wait to get dressed and go into town. But my mother came into my room wearing a narrow, lavender linen shift. Her crazy black curls were pulled into a thick pony tail that stretched her white face across thin, flat cheekbones and slanted her eyes - YOU HAVE BLACK HAIR, BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT YOU'RE CAUCASIAN; YOUR DAUGHTER IS DARK, NOT AS DARK AS THE PORTRAIT OF HER GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER, FLAVIA MILAZZO; IN FACT NOONE WAS SURE THAT FLAVIA MILAZZO WASN'T A DARK INDIAN, A MIXED BLOOD NEGRO OR AN ARAB, EVEN THOUGH SHE SAID SHE WAS SICILIAN AND SPOKE ITALIAN - DID YOU DYE YOUR DAUGHTER'S HAIR BLONDE WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD SO NOONE WOULD QUESTION WHETHER SHE WAS CAUCASIAN. Violet Are you helping her get dressed, Blackie? WERE YOU UPSET THAT YOUR HUSBAND WAS DRESSING YOUR TEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER? Indigo Mommy! Mommy! I look just like Flavia Milazzo. Violet Are you? Blackie
It’s her birthday. Indigo Mommy! Daddy says I’m a princess. Violet Don’t you think she’s old enough to dress herself? Blackie Jealous of your own daughter? Or me? SO WERE YOU JEALOUS OF YOUR DAUGHTER OR YOUR HUSBAND, OR WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE. Violet She’s old enough to dress herself. And then Mommy smelled Daddy’s fingers; and Daddy shook his head - WHY DID YOU SMELL YOUR HUSBAND'S FINGERS. But Mommy got hysterical anyway. She always got hysterical if Daddy and I were alone - WHY DID YOU GET HYSTERICAL WHENEVER YOUR HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER WERE ALONE. It took her an hour to calm down before we could leave the house - HOW DID YOU "CALM DOWN": JUST CHILLING OUT, DARK ROOM WITH A CLOTH ON YOUR FOREHEAD, HOT TUB, DEEP BREATHING, YOGA, ROSARY, ASPIRIN, SEDATIVE, DITCH WEED.
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