Oscars Recipe: 'The Help' Chocolate Pie (2024)

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But Minny also uses pies to subvert the power dynamics in the home. After Miss Hilly jeopardizes Minny's chances of ever finding work again, Minny makes a chocolate custard pie including the “special ingredient” of her own feces, and watches Hilly savor two slices of it before telling her the truth.

Once Minny learned that Hilly started rumors about Minny being a thief, Minny told her to “eat [her] sh*t.” Minny then made a pie that contained her feces and delivered it to Hilly, who ate two slices. Although Minny feared Hilly's retribution, the pie symbolizes how Minny was able to gain power over Hilly.

Minny made her a special chocolate pie, and Hilly thought it was a peace offering, so she ate two whole slices. Afterwards, Minny tells her that she also contributed a very special ingredient, her sh*t. Then Minny blackmails Hilly and says she will tell everyone in town about the special pie.

Hilly, Elizabeth Leefolt, and the rest of the white Jackson housewives shun her because of her lower class status. Internalizing society's expectations of her as a woman, Celia feels shame that she cannot give her husband, Johnny Foote, a baby.

Unfortunately, some may infer the source of Hilly's cold sore was Minny's pie, implying Minny had anogenital herpes. However, no evidence was presented to substantiate this theory. More likely, the intention of Hilly's cold sore was to convey the downfall of an igno- rant and ill-intended antagonist.

Thinking she might be unconsciousness from drinking too much, Minny opens the door to find Celia covered in blood. There is a dead fetus in the toilet bowl. Minny realizes that Celia had a miscarriage.

Celia is wealthy but feels empty without a child even though Johnny continues to be devoted to her. Johnny expresses his gratitude to Minny and says Celia wouldn't be alive today if Minny hadn't nursed her through the miscarriages and called the doctor.

Seeking revenge, Hilly pressures Elizabeth to fire Aibileen, claiming she has stolen silverware. Aibileen stands up to Hilly, who storms out in tears, and Elizabeth orders Aibileen to leave.

Unlike most housewives, Celia gives Minny the freedom to pick what days she would like to work and what time she'd like to arrive and leave. Celia offers her two dollars an hour – twice as much as she was paid at Miss Walters'.

In a revealing scene Minny finds Celia locked in the bathroom, severely bleeding from a miscarriage and crying. The maid, played with conviction by Octavia Spencer, helps her to recover, clean up, and bury the fetus in a shoebox in the yard, nearby three other small burial sites.

Did Aibileen steal the silver? ›

Towards the end, Aibileen returns to the Leefolts' home with grocery bags. Aibileen stands frozen where she sees Elizabeth and Hilly Holbrook in the living room. Hilly accuses Aibileen of stealing silver. Aibileen denies stealing silver and stands up to Hilly telling her that she is a liar and a godless woman.

Hilly Holbrook: [about the pie] What do you put in here that makes it taste so good? Minny Jackson: That good vanilla from Mexico and something else real special.

“He said 'Jason, you go in there and you hump that pie with all you got,'” he said. “That's fact. It's literally what he said. And I said, 'Okay.

While she is talking it is announced that Hilly has won the prize of Minny's chocolate pie; she tries to pull away from Celia's grasp, but Hilly's sleeve rips apart. Hilly accuses Celia of trying to humiliate her, but Celia does not know what actually happened between Hilly and Minny regarding the chocolate pie.

WORTH SEEING: Poster – “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” The loving words of encouragement by a maid/nanny to the little girl constantly berated by her mother in the movie “The Help.”