There's not a grandma, granny, or Meema(ph) in sight, not even a big mama.

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Friendly, who produced "Big Mama's House, " "Doctor Dolittle, " and "Courage Under Fire, " also believes Americans will be clamoring for more comedy and feel-good films.

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Circuit stated in one leading case, Big Mama Rag, Inc. v.

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The evening is memorable mostly for the searing arias delivered by Big Mama (the electrifying Tonya Pinkins), a bone-tired matriarch who works nights at a hospital only to discover that the little extra money she makes disqualifies her from being relocated to a better housing project.

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Big Mama told me that my mother, whose name was Selma, had a boyfriend over at the Williams Plantation, but she would never tell anybody who he was because she didn't want him getting into trouble for sneaking out to see her in the big house at night.

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Earlier in the year, it was her critically acclaimed sitcom 30 Rock and her big-screen flick Baby Mama grabbing the ink.

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