In Joy Luck Club, what is most likely the author’s intent by including the mother’s line “You already know how. Don’t need talent for crying!” in Paragraph 5?

a) She is proving what a big Shirley Temple fan the mother was.
b) She is demonstrating how violent the mother could be to her daughter.
c) She is showing her mother’s humorous side.
d) She is pointing out that the mother had no idea how show business worked.