The Mama Odie character was inspired and patterned after the late famed New Orleans storyteller Coleen Salley, even down to the character's voice. Coleen consulted with the director several times, but never lived to see the completed movie. Her name is mentioned in the films credits. Coleen was known especially for the telling of the old Southern children's story "Epaminondas and His Auntie," and her own updated version entitled "Epossumondas." Mama Odie can even be heard saying a famous line from those stories, "You ain't got the sense you was born with!" Coleen passed away September 16, 2008 at the age of 79.

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