Mo' Better Blues (1990)

Spike Lee: Giant

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• Giant : Shut up! Who asked you, Left Hand?

  Left Hand Lacey : Nobody asked me, man.

  Giant , Bleek : [in unison]  Then shut the fuck up!

• Shadow Henderson : You're supposed to be taking care of me. l'm the artist, midget rat bastard.

  Giant : What does size have to do with it?

  Shadow Henderson : A lot. You keep coming up short.

• Giant : He's a chucker, man. He comes off the bench shooting, Bleek. Never gonna see no pass from this guy. He's a selfish ballplayer. You need to get rid of him. lt's your team. lt's your band. You're the coach. Fire his ass! Every night, three-hour solos. Bleek, what's up? lt's your band. Get rid of this guy. Go out there and play. Great.

• Giant : l want to play the full schedule today. Start with the National League. The Pirates play the Mets in a doubleheader. Give me the Pirates in both games. The Mets need more black ballplayers. Give me the Reds over the 'stros, Expos over the Phillies, Braves over the Dodgers, Cubs over the Cardinals, the Giants over the Padres... ln the American League, the Yankees over the Tigers, even though Steinbrenner needs to go. Brewers over the Red Sox, Orioles over the Jays. That's my main man, Frank Robinson.

• Giant : Both of you can kiss my narrow black butt - two times. Twice!

• Giant : Keep that croosant-eating heifer out of here.

  Left Hand Lacey : lt's croissant!

• Giant : $15 cover charge, three-drink minimum, dinner starts at $25! You guys are making money hand over fingers. What about the artist?

  Moe Flatbush : Don't hand me that artist doo-doo.

  Josh Flatbush : Ca-ca!

  Moe Flatbush : They don't have any financial risks. I mean, go - go listen to the music, huh? What? You think Bleek's Elvis?

  Josh Flatbush : There's only one king in music.

  Moe Flatbush : There's one king.

  Josh Flatbush : The king!

  Moe Flatbush : In music.

  Josh Flatbush : And that starts with an ''E''.

  Moe Flatbush : Come on. Go shoot some hoops, huh? Gimme some moves, huh?

• Shadow Henderson : Yo, you know what? She counts my rubbers, man.

  Giant : Nah.

  Shadow Henderson : Yes. The woman was an accountant major in school. Right? So she takes an accurate account of my jimmys. So, now l got to go buy a whole 'nother box so she won't bust me again. One time l rid around the city, man, and l searched for a box of 12 dozen blue Trojans, ribbed, with the receptacle end, lubricated with the garden-fresh scent. Daggone girl knows everything.

  Giant : Why bother?

  Shadow Henderson : Why bother? Well, l like her, number one. Number two - she's a mother in bed. Number three - the rest don't matter.

  Giant : Three good reasons.

• Giant : Want to bet again? You owe me fiddy dollars. Fiddy.

• Shadow Henderson : You shut the fuck up, you midget!

  Giant : My name is Giant, all right?

  Shadow Henderson : Blame your motherfuckin' mother, man.

• Eggy : Back it on up. Ain't no midgets gettin' in tonight. l'm sorry.

  Giant : Hey, you know my name is Giant. Every night we go over this.

  Born Knowledge : All right then, no giants allowed.