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This is the group I was telling you about.
Which one is your brother?
The big one.
You've said that already.
I'm gonna slit my wrists. Cut my throat. For the love of Joseph.
Just want to say good luck.
Break a leg.
Your life will never be the same.
Let's leave the man in peace so he can get ready.
We both lied to him.
What do you want me to say?
Just don't lie to me.
Same here.
The pleasure is mine.
I want to apologize about my brother and the MauMau's. I should not have imposed them on you.
C'mon. You were only doing what family is supposed to be doing for family. You gave your brother a shot. That's all anybody can ask for, an opportunity, a chance, a shot. He got his.
Who's side are you on?
I'm sorry, I can't help it. It's too funny.
What would their reaction be? I hadn't the foggiest.
Everybody shut up.
So you have your small victory, now what?
A small victory isn't that small when you've been use to losing.
What is this?
A gift.
For what?
No matter what you think, you did come up with something unique. Open it.
The Jolly Nigger Bank.
This is authentic, not a repro, circa turn of the century.
Thanks.
I thought it was appropiate.
Is that good or bad?
It's all good. You got a hit show, you're gonna need a bank. Plus, I love these old black collectibles.
How so?
To me, it shows part of our history in this country, a time when we were considered inferior, subhuman.
Why'd you do that?
I don't want to hear it.
How long have you and Hambone been hangin' out?
You're the one that put us together. We're friends.
That crazy brother of yours doesn't think so.
He's just playing big brother.
Oh, is he? You getting jiggy with Mantan?
Please don't go there.
Dunwitty and I feel you've been getting too close to him, getting his mind all messed up.
I can't lie to him. If he asks me something, I tell him what I think.
Do you have to be so damn forthright?
DeLa, you should try it sometime. Come into the light.
Light?
That which has been hidden in darkness is now in the light. This bucket of blood.
You can talk all that mumbo jumbo if you want to but your hands are much bloody. I know where I made my big mistake. I have a general rule, never get involved romantically with somebody crazier than you.
This is crazy.
That's why it will be so much fun.
That was a mistake, but I don't regret it.
The first and only time. A big mistake. I'm gonna have to ask you not to see Mantan anymore.
Work related or otherwise?
Otherwise. I trust you know the difference. You're an intelligent woman, finished at NYU.
DeLa, kiss my big black ass.
And that's how you got me in the first place.
Don't make me have to use this.
I didn't think this was in your studies at NYU.
I told you but you wouldn't listen. You never listened to me.
Give me the gun.
Glad to meet you, too. You are all your father talks about.
Is that so?
How long has my father been like this?
Not that often. He was excited to see you.
So he drank himself into a stuper?
The drinking is for the pain. It doesn't kill it, just dulls it.
So what's up with you?
I was a hostess at this club, your Daddy was performing and I had never laughed so hard in my life. He asked me to come with him. I quit my job and we've been together ever since.
Don't tell him it's from me or he won't take it.
Your father is proud of you.
He never showed it.
He did the best way he knew how, Junebug is stubborn just like you.
What do you want?
I want to speak with you.
Go away, unless you got my money.
It's me, Peerless.
Son. Good to seeya. Good to seeya.
It's been a long time.
Pull up a chair. Oh, excuse me, this is my lady DOT.
Pleased to meet you.
Good woman. I trained her right.
Daddy, she's younger than me.
My game is still strong. No Viagra for me, don't need no chemicals. Just my tonic.
Purely for medicinal purposes.
I thought you had promised Mommy you stopped.
I did. I'm not an alcoholic. I just like to drink.
How did you end up here?
How did I end up at the third rate chittlin' circuit greasy hole in the wall in West Hell, Virginny? Is that what you're asking ya Daddy?
That's what I'm askin'.
Because I had too much pride. Too much integrity. I wouldn't lick nobody's butt. Some material I refused to do.
Daddy, it can't be just because of that. There had to be other factors.
That's the only reason, period. They only want one certain kind of black comic.
Another one of your conspiracies to hold ya career back?
All I know is what happened to me. All that other mess I just file into the "life's too short" category.
Enough about me, what's happening with you?
The same old, same old. Trying to get my stuff through.
Dem white boys giving you a hard time?
Nuthin' I can't handle.
The truth is never let them seeya sweat. You do that, that's half the battle.