- Eddie, where the hot wings? - l tried to tell 'em.
You need a man that's gonna take care of you.
l'm talkin' about a good man.
A Muslim man.
- And you that man? - Could be.
Sorry. Once you a customer, can't have no relations.
Bad for business.
She just had a pork chop.
She ain't tryin' to hear nothin' about no Nation of lslam.
- Shut up. - l heard that.
That pork be callin' me, too.
Let me tell you somethin'.
Nation of lslam is more than a pork-free diet.
lt is the word of Allah as told to the Prophet Muhammad.
Look, all l know is l'm down with Jesus.
Watch what you say 'cause l'm holdin' the clippers.
- Change the subject. - Exactly.
l got a question.
You don't find it odd, as a black woman,
to have a savior who looks like Kenny G?
- Kenny G? - That's right.
Now, his Christmas album was tight.
Look, Jesus is not white.
He's Caublinasian, like Tiger Woods.
And you just about workin' my last nerve.
Pay Calvin.
Speaking of Muslims, is Ahmad Rashad Muslim?
l don't ever see him wear one of those bow ties.
Sorry. Did l wake you?
Late night of creepin'?
You don't know jack about me, girl.
You know what your problem is?
You know what onne of your problems is?
- You're bitter. - l'm through, is what l am.
That nice Terri routine? Ain't nobody fallin' for that.
A nice woman wouldn't be doggin' my man Dinka.
Dinka? Ain't nobody doggin' him.
That boy's in love with you, girl.
But you don't want a good man, right?
What you want, a roughneck
to cheat on you and slap you around?
- What about them bitches you roll with? - Watch your mouth.
All of them skanky as hell.
''Ooh, l met Shaniqua in the strip club last night.''
Those are nice girls?
- You don't know everything. - l know enough.
Hidin' behind some tattoos and a prison record.
- Grow up, be a real man. - Why you even care?!
Show you what to do with this.
Take this right up here, put it on the door,
twist it--pop!
lt'll put you in like Flynn.
You know what else you could do? You get a half pound of C-4,
put a little timer on it-- tick, tick, tick, boom!
Blow up the whole block. l got some at the crib.
What's goin' on?
- No. - What?
- Don't even think about it. - That's what l told 'em.
l said the same thing.
lt's killin' me, man. l just gotta know for myself.
We not breakin' in to Nappy Cutz.
You want to know what's in there.
No. The answer's no.
We're not breakin' in. l will not allow it.
Hurry up.
Five minutes. We in, we out.
This is like Oceann's Elevenn. This is my kind of stuff.
Check this out.
- lt's huge! - Size isn't everything.
Keep telling yourself that.
Eddie, what you doin'?
Didn't we come over here to see it?
l can't see diddly.
This is the joint, B! Look at this.
l don't see no fish in the floor. Where the fish at?
That's crazy!
What?
You can say that again.
- Goodness! - What?
You can't fry none of that, though.
You can play ball up in here, man.
No, you can play ball down the street.
Like a brother can't get a haircut without trying to play some ball.
They got the Wall Stnreet jounrnnal.
Top of the line.
This is what a barbershop's supposed to look like.
- This is leather. - Word?
- That's pleather. - lt's leather.
lt's ugly.
Lookin' around, it's a nice shop, but it don't have no character.
Exactly.
What we got across the street is character.
We got character, we got conversation, and we got...
We ain't got one of these.
Lord have mercy! This is pillow top!
Come on, City Hall, show me what you got.
You're startin' to get on my nerves.
You're startin' to get on mmy nerves.
Let's crack it.
l checked it already. Let's crack it.
You got me.
Put the ball down.
Oh, shit.
Hey, y'all open?
No, bro, we closed.
Look at all the people. Let me in.
Hey, bro, we're closed.
- Help a brother out. - We goin' to jail.
Two seconds, two seconds.
- Just let him in, Big C. - Don't let him in.
- We can't leave him out there. - Then let him in.
l'm trying. Kenard, let him in.
Put that paper back up.
Yes! Hey, y'all!
This place is nice!
We closed. Go across the street and get your hair cut.
Kind of raggedy over there. Just a quick touch-up.
l'm flying back to L.A. tonight. How about it?
- Who can do me? - Not me, l got carpal tunnel.
l got you.
You got me? My man.
We got Nappy Cutz on Crenshaw. Love it.
Everybody loves it.
Hey, man, get these clippers goin', player.
These ain't supposed to be out yet.
This is German-engineered, titanium teeth,
silent-whisper engine. Listen.
- King shit. - They just clippers.
This would double, triple your business.
You know what? l'm gone. Have fun.
Y'all hurry up.
Don't steal nothin' and don't break nothin'.
Just close the back door when you leave.
Hey, Detective. We was just lookin' for you.
What the hell's going on here?
We heard something--
You broke into Nappy Cutz?
- You take anything? - No.
- Damage anything? - No.
Kind of nice in there?
No.
Oh, man, they got a basketball court!
He's beautiful, isn't he?
l just want him to have everything l never had.
l know you do. And he will.
So you coming to bed?
Yeah.
You tryin' to get something started?
l was hoping so,
but you better catch me before the rollers go in.
Looks like you gonna have a little brother or sister.
Put them rollers in. l might like that.
l got contact lenses--blue, green, bloodshot red--left ones only.
Ray!
Just the man l wanted to see. Come back and talk to me.
- l didn't know you was workin'. - Come holler at me.
How's life been treating you?
lt's been cool.
Me and my girlfriend's husband got in a fight.
He only won 'cause she helped him.
Good to see you. Come on back.
- ln the back-back? - Yeah, in the back-back.
With the scissors and everything?
How you been, Cal?
You been going to church
and living your life right and everything?
- What you jumping for? - l ain't know what you was comin' with.
My nerves bad. l'm light-skinned.
Can you get this stuff on this list?
l'm looking to get high-end stuff at low-end prices.
- You know l can. - Legally.
You mean like with a receipt legally? Like l ain't steal it.
lf the police walk up, do l gotta drop it and run?
l can get anything you need.
Nappy Cutz won't know what hit 'em.
This is not about Nappy Cutz.
This is about personal enhancement, personal growth.
Expansion. Not Nappy Cutz.
Right. They won't know what hit 'em.
Come on over here and get your hair cut.
l'm working at Calvin Jr's. Come be my first customer.
What you mean, ''Uh-uh''?
Can you hook me up with lsaac?
The one with the ''l'' cut in the back?
You got a 'fro! You can't be gettin' the ''l'' cut in the back.
Condoleezza. With all that White House money she makin',
you'd think she could afford herself a makeover.
lf l was in the White House, l'd be fly all the time.
lf you was in the White House, you'd be ghetto as hell.
She'd have the president all corn-rowed out,
talking about, ''U.S., fool. U.S., fool.''
The president would be a thug.
She think a head of state's a sexual position.
''l'm inviting heads of state today.''
Oh, my God.
Please stop.
Gina, do l look like Beyoncé?
Just like her.
l knew you was gonna say that. Give me some.
This is like the world coming together,
like all the gangs coming together.
There's beauty in there. You gotta love it, man.
This came from my grandmama church.
They might want that back.
Who's been chewing on this thing? lt look like Holyfield's ear.
Picture and picture.
This one get channels 2 through 5, and this one get 9 through 1 3.
Give me the big one.
Take the little one, too. You got to take the little one.
- You keep it. - Cal, you gotta get this little one.
Come on, Cal!
Thought l'd add a little style to the place.
That's that Picassio stuff right there.
Yeah, yeah.
Beautiful.
What is it, a uterus?
Calvin, l hooked you up with the alderman.
What'd you do, get me some handicapped plates?
Better. You're gonna be on the news.
The news?
The alderman's taking a walking tour of the block
before Friday's city council meeting
to let the constituency know that he's concerned.
Concerned? About November, right?
l talked him into talking to you--good publicity.
- You could've asked me first. - l know.
But it was a spur-of-the-moment thing.
We don't do politics in here. lt's a place of business.
This ain't no community center.
You know what?
You sound just like your daddy right now.
We will not be silenced.
When the FBl gassed the Black Panthers out,
we found a place to be today.
Thank you, Brother Calvin.
Brother Calvin!
We will continue to provide books and classes,
food and clothing through our outreach program.
That's right, brother.
And when the pigs show up, they're gonna show up with guns.
We ain't gonna do nothin' but show up with ounr guns!
Then they gonna start shootin'. Then we gonna start shootin'!
That's right, brother!
l'm tellin' you, every last one of them's gonna get shot!
That's right.
Then all of us is gonna get shot!
And all of us is gonna die together!
Let's make it happen!
Black power!
Black power! Yeah!
Black power! That's us! Black power!
Power to the people!
Shit, man, them fools crazy.
Well, if it ain't Lalowe Sharpton.
My goodness, my goodness.
The barbershop. How you doin'? Lalowe Brown.
Checker Fred, sir.
How you doin', Checker?
Lalowe Brown. Good to see you.
How you doin', sir?
My, my. Well, well, look at this.
Look what we got-- we got a lady barber.
We didn't have this back in the day.
- What's your name? - Terri.
- Sarah? - Terri.
Lalowe's gonna have to come back and let you give me a little trim.
- Trim? - A haircut.
Terri, if you wanna be down,
vote Lalowe Brown.
You remember that.
This is Calvin's Barbershop.
This is a cornerstone of the black community
for some 40-odd years.
l've been coming down here many a Saturday afternoon,
get myself straight for Sunday morning.
But l wanna introduce you to the man himself,
the man who quantifies and epitomizes
the institutional possibilities of black hair.
He is a potentiating progenitor in all kinds of fine ways.
He's my fine friend, this brother right here, Calvin.
How you doin'? Calvin Palmer.
- How you doin', son? - All right.
Calvin, you are a pillar of this fine community.
How is everything going for you
with all this social change happening down here?
Well, Mr. Brown, as you know, there is a lot of change--
There is a lot of change,
and change is hard sometimes, right?
But if we want to stand together as a community,
- we will find a way to survive. - Tell it!
- Tell it, Lo. - That's right.
You let Lalowe lay it down for you.
lf you wanna stay afloat,
we got to...
...you gonna have to rock the boat.
Because if they want to send us packin',
baby, it's on and crackin'!
And if they try to mess with this brother,
then it's gonna be on like a mother!
That's a little rough.
lf you want to stay around, y'all know what you gotta do.
Vote for Lalowe Brown!
Hey, Calvin, why don't you get me a little shape-up?
'Cause l've been running around.
- You got a chair for me? - Yeah, right here.
Of course we got one for you. Kenard! Kenard!
- Let Kenard cut your hair. - Hold on, hold on.
Wait a minute. No.
Get on over there, Get-low. Sit right on down, So-low.
Nice to meet you. How you doin'?
- Wait a minute. - lt's okay. lt's okay.
lt's okay. lt's okay.
Kenard here is one of our prima donna barbers.
Front chair.
You ain't had your hair cut till...
- Kenard. - Yeah.
- Yeah. Let's take a picture. - Thank you, brother.
Yeah, okay. All right. Enjoy yourself, Low-below.
You just relax, Down-low.
We on TV, man.
l know. This is must-see TV. lt's gonna be good.
This is why l love this community,
'cause there's a historical context for every action that takes place here.
l plan to die here.
We're running short on time. lf we could speed this up?
You can't rush the best, Jimmy.
- He ain't the best. - He ain't ask you, man.
Well, who's the best, then, youngblood?
- You the best? - No doubt. lsaac Rosenberg.
The best barber in the state of lllinois.
The best barber on this rock we call Earth.
Come on down to Cal's.
Our rainbow coalition right here.
Yeah, this is integration right here.
What's up, Ma? Richie?
You're feelin' yourself way too much.
Don't sweat the technique.
What technique? You cut like a bitch.
Carvin' l's in the back of people's head?
- Your skills is limited. - My skills are limited?
- Where your skills at? - This ain't the time.
Ain't in cuttin' hair. Must be slobbin' Terri in the locker room.
What? No.
You ain't supposed to air our dirty laundry like that. We on TV.
- What is he talking about? - Dinka, it wasn't like that.
...of populist politics.
- Thug love! Thug love! - lt was not like that.
Everybody's hatin' on me. 'Cause l'm competent?
- You don't make this shop. - l have lately.
l will confront all of those forces that are trying to change,
that are trying to make things happen.
They don't treat barbers like this at Nappy Cutz.
Why don't you go find out?
You on that bullshit. Go find out.
We don't need you around here if you don't wanna be here.
Fine, man.
All right. Get out of the chair, man.
No, you stay here.
ln November, l plan to establish this barbershop as my headquarters.
At Calvin's Barbershop, we're gonna make this institution
one of the leading institutions, like a torpedo moving towards the future.
Yes, indeed. All right.
Kenard, just a little off the top.
l really think it's time for us to move along.
Come on, Jimmy, just two seconds.
My bad, brother. l skipped you.
Why don't you just let me fade you up?
- How about a nice Quo Vadis? - What'd you do to my head?
- Don't even look at that. - ls that my head?
l'm gonna kill you! l'm gonna kill you!
You a grown man!
You don't do that to Kenard!
Get out of here!
Annd fanr fnromm its nroots as a fammily establishhmmennt.
thhis was thhe scenne today at 79thh annd Exchhannge
at Calvinn's Banrbenrshhop whhenn Aldenrmmann Lalowe Bnrownn stopped by
fonr a phhoto oppontunnity annd hhainrcut.
Onr shhall h say scalpinng?
Needless to say. h doubt venry senriously if thhe aldenrmmann
will be fnrequenntinng Calvinn's Banrbenrshhop annytimme soonn.
Nice.
- Who is it? - lt's Rick.
What do you want?
l wanna talk to you. l feel bad.
Good. l'm busy.
Open the door. We gotta talk about this.
- There's nothing to discuss. - Dinka, l messed up.
What happened between me and Terri was foul.
lt should have never happened. l didn't mean to hurt you.
l'm sorry.
Apology accepted.
Can we discuss this tomorrow?
You remember Shawna, right?
Hi.
What's up, Shawna?
Handle that.
l'll get at you tomorrow.
Maybe the day after.
You should see her when l'm drinkin'.
'Cause l know her.
Exactly right, exactly right.
What are you doing here?
The question is, what you doin' here?
Look a little shady to me.
You come up to my shop today
and got the nerve to be huddled up with this shark.
Don't come in here accusing me of some malicious and egregious act
when what you should be doin' is apologizing
for making me look like a goddamn fool today.
- That's what you should be doing. - Lalowe.
Ease up. lt's cool.
All right there, youngblood.
Ain't nothin' going on in here, just business.
- l'll bet. - lt's true.
ln fact, the alderman and l were just talking about you.
Well, about your business.
l undervalued the importance of your shop to this community.
That's my bad.
lt'd be a shame to see it all go away for naught.
Man, l'm from the South Side.
- Don't try to hustle me. - No hustle.
A hustle implies one side wins, the other side loses.
l'm proposing a win-win.
l'm proposing that Nappy Cutz never sees the light of day.
- ls that right? - l'll turn it into a nightclub.
Your barbershop will continue to thrive
without any interference from me or from anyone else.
And this miracle happens if l do what?
Not tell people what l saw here tonight?
What'd you see tonight?
What'd you see in here tonight, Calvin? Nothing.
Nothing.
Have a seat.
No, l'd rather stand.
All you have to do is talk.
The city council meeting is tomorrow.
We need those other business owners on your block to sell.
lf you were to express to them
and to the governing board that you believe in Quality Land's proposal,
your voice could be the determining factor.
At least, l think so.
This could be a shitload of money for the whole district.
Not to mention, it could be a nice little windfall for Calvin.
A $200,000 windfall.
Now, that's a nice piece of pocket change.
You could take your wife on down to Jamaica.
The real one, not that one in Queens.
lt'd be a nice kick-start to your kid's college fund.
You have a son, don't you?
Yeah, l got a son.
All you gotta do is talk.
$200,000.
l'm not asking you for a whole lot, just to...
come on down and...
...just talk.
Just talk.
All right.
See you tomorrow.
Win-win.
You stalking me?
- Just wanna talk. - Ain't nothin' to say.
Let me drive you to work.
How am l gonna look rollin' up in your freak-mobile?
Terri, we work together. We need to have a conversation.
Listen to what l got to say.
After that, you ain't got to speak to me ever again.
l'll drop you off around the corner.
Get in the car.
Please.
Terri, l really ain't been myself lately.
Ricky, before you even say anything, l need you to know
that thug-gangta-player bullshit is over for me.
l'm done with that in my life.
But you don't even know me, what l'm about.
l see you every day--
late, sleepin' in the locker room,
runnin' ho's day and night.
How is that not knowing you?
Boy!
l'm just gettin' my backpack. Relax.
What is this, a warrant?
Why didn't you say anything?
l couldn't tell nobody l was studying for the fuckin' GED.
lt's embarrassing.
But you passed.
Yeah.
Yeah, but honestly, though, now that l got it,
l don't even know what it means.
lt means you give a damn about your life.
You should be proud.
l'm proud of you.
Don't start paying me compliments and stuff,
'cause then l gotta give one back to you.
We'd be all over each other again, and don't nobody want that.
l don't want it.
For the record...
l kind of liked the old Terri before all the changes.
Loud and angry all the time?
Real.
All the time.
Man, l hope you hittin' that!
Miss Emma, is somethin' wrong?
Nothing a little prayer can't handle, or my pistol.
What's the matter?
They wanna make this funky little place into a co-op.
What?
l can't afford that down payment. l'm gonna have to move.
Don't you own this place?
Just because l don't own it don't mean it's not mine.
You've been livin' here, like, what?
A long time, long enough to wipe your nasty little butt.
And a whole lot of others, too.
But it's been worth it, though.
We can't lose you, Miss Emma.
lt's about time for me to retire anyway.
My brother has a nice place out in Arizona.
You ever been to Arizona?
Hot as hell, but l got some nice hats.
How can you leave Chicago?
On the bus.
Same way l got here.
Good morning there, youngblood.
You up early. They fumigating your crib again?
l thought it'd be a good day to walk and see the trees and dew.
Yeah, they fumigating.
l had a cockroach in my house so big, l thought it was Shaq.
You're crazy.
- Let me ask you something. - What?
You done worked and lived around here for what, 34, 35 years?
Yeah, l guess 30 and some change.
l ain't tryin' to clown, but--
l hope not. You know l got jokes. Don't you start nothin'.
Let me ask you-- is this the life you wanted?
Or did you ever think you could do better?
What the hell keeps you comin' back here every day?
Well, Calvin, you know, if l was a bettin' man,
l'd say the reason l come back in day in and day out
is the free chair.
Get real.
Hold it! Get off him, pig!
...somme venry sad nnews fonr all of you.
annd thhat is thhat Mantinn Luthhenr Kinng was shhot annd was killed tonnighht
inn Memmphhis. Tennnnessee.
hnn thhis difficult day.
inn thhis difficult timme fonr thhe Unnited States.
it's penrhhaps well to ask whhat kinnd of a nnationn we anre...
This ain't right.
We should be honoring the man's memory, we shouldn't be doing this.
Yeah. Yeah, you're right.
l'm gonna get on out of here. l need to go check on Loretta.
She's talking about moving back to Georgia.
h would onnly say thhat h cann also feel inn mmy ownn hheant
thhe samme kinnd of feelinng.
h hhad a mmemmbenr of mmy fammily killed.
But hhe was killed by a whhite mmann.
Whhat we nneed inn thhe Unnited States...
You be safe out there.
Yeah, l will, man. Don't worry about me.
l'll probably stop by Montgomery Ward's,
pick up a TV, washer and dryer, lamps.
You need anything?
- Move, Eddie! - No!
- Eddie, get out of there! - No!
No!
l'll stay a little while longer, man.
Yeah, so after all that quieted down,
your daddy told me l ain't never have to pay for my chair again.
That's the kind of man your father was.
He was a man's man.
He used to always call me a hero.
The funny thing is l never saw it that way.
l didn't save the shop, Calvin. The shop saved me.
A lot like it did for Ricky.
l ain't have no life before this.
As far as l'm concerned, my life began
on July 4, 1967, when l came through that back door
and your father gave my black ass a break.
So l'd be sad if somethin' was to ever happen to this place.
But l'd be all right, though.
Oh, yeah, Eddie be fine.
Hey, what's up, y'all?
Calvin, can l have a word with you for a second?
What you want, man?
Well, l know these are tough times for you, cuz.
lt's times like these when men must rise up and make the right choice.
- ls that right? - Yeah. lt's about the truth.
Each and every one of us has our own truth,
a truth that we must live with for the rest of our lives.
ls there a point to this?
My truth is across the street.
l appreciate the job, cuz. l'll always love you for it.
But l gotta bounce.
Y'all goin' broke around this mug. Boy, l swear.
All right, all right.
And if anybody wanna come over anytime and hoop it up,
ring a player, you know?
All this silence got my gut grumblin'.
l'm gonna run down to Berry's, get me a pastrami and fries.
Eddie, a man at your age should be watching what he eats.
lf you don't knock the fork out of my hand,
l won't knock the spear out of yours, okay, Somalia?
Eddie, get me that chicken tamale and strawberry shake special.
Get old Checkers a ham and cheese on some honky bread,
mustard, hold the mayo.
Get me a Mountain Dew and chopped salad.
l'll take some chili fries, onion rings,
and a pot pie with egg on it.
Okay, that's gonna be three orders of ''Hell, no''
and two sides of ''Ask your mama''
and a large cup of ''Negro, please.''
Grumpy old man.
Hey, Big C, where you headed?
Nowhere. Just got a little business to handle.
l'll be back.
And when they build all this stuff,
they make it totally unaffordable
for the people who live here to stay here.
Now, we're South Side people with South Side money,
and that ain't much.
So l'm against the proposed Quality Land development project
on 79th and Exchange.
You tell it, sister!
That's right! Very good!
That's right!
Quiet. Okay.
Before we adjourn and make our decision,
is there anyone else who'd like to be heard on this matter?
Let's get this thing over with.
l'd like to say somethin'.
Sir.
- What's he gonna say? - Shut up. Shut up.
A little nervous.
l haven't felt like this since l met my wife's pops.
My name is Calvin Palmer.
l own Calvin's Barbershop over on 79th.
Been there since 1958.
And all l'd like to say is that all change isn't bad.
Who can argue with progress?
Better schools, cleaner streets--
something we need on the South Side.
And l want the best for my son
just like my parents wanted the best for me.
So some change on 79th
is well-needed and well-deserved.
Oh, yeah.
Also, l'm happy that people outside our community
are starting to find the value in our neighborhoods.
But...
if that means selling our soul just to make a quick buck,
l ain't with that shit.
lt's not worth it.
That's why l'm not sellin' out...
...like some people l know.
Sir, do you know why Jesus wept?
No. No, l don't.
Well, when Lazarus died,
Martha and Mary, they cried over his body.
When Jesus saw their pain,
he couldn't help but cry, too.
So that's why Jesus wept.
That's how l feel when l look at people like Hank Tolliver
and Gertrude Rose
and Miss Emma bein' driven out...
...'cause they don't fit the plan of the new developers.
We gotta realize that people make this community,
not $5 coffees and $20 mugs.
lt's the people.
And once you lose the people, you lose the neighborhood.
So if l had to say, l would deny
Quality Land Development's proposal to tear up 79th
because it just ain't worth it.
Thank you.
That's my friend! That's my friend!
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Palmer.
We'll take a brief recess and we'll come back with our decision.
You're through. You know that, don't you?
- That was beautiful, man. - Thanks.
- How much they offer you? - Not enough.
We have reached a unanimous decision.
The proposal from Quality Land Development
has been approved.
This meeting is over.
What have you done?
That's what l'm talkin' about. Money, money, money!
What in the world you people thinkin' about?
Well, l'll be.
How you gonna leave town without givin' my ring back?
l've been lookin' for your ass for 35 years.
And l've been carrying that cheap-ass thing with me
'cause l knew that's all you wanted.
Cheap? You saddity ho, give me my shit.
- You ain't changed. - You ain't, either.
Piece of shit, my ass.
- Come here, girl. - No, you come here.
- You come here. - No, you come here.
- Get your butt over here. - No, you come here.
Look at you. Lord have mercy.
You look good.
You look pretty, too.
- Don't make me chase your ass again. - l like when you chase me.
l been 35 years chasin' after you.
You still got that mattress on the floor?
What you thinkin'?
We might be able to get down there. l don't know if we gonna get up.
Nothin' to worry about. They ain't even real Chicago barbers.
- Mornin', fellas. - Mornin', young fellow.
- You finally got a day off? - l quit.
- They fired you? - No, no.
You know you got fired.
Look at you-- your shirt's still smokin'.
No, l quit on principle. Politics ain't my thing.
What's going on here? Look at you.
Well, lookit here. lf it ain't Bobby and Whitney.
Don't try the opposite-direction thing.
Richard and l are just friends.
''Richard.''
lt's ''Richard'' at work and ''Big Daddy'' in the bedroom.
Listen, little man, l got a daddy. l don't need another one.
So keep your mouth shut before l punch you in it.
She's back.
- What you doin' here? - He got fired.
l did not get fired.
All right, fellas, how you doin'?
Clown.
Clown!
Well, Jimmy, first chair is open.
Your old chair is open. Quiet as it's kept.
l don't know how long we gonna be open.
We gonna find out today.
- Hey, Calvin. - Good morning.
All right!
My chair open. Come on.
Snap.
What the hell he do?
Well, l'll be da--
Hold on. Where the hell is my uterus?
ln the Dumpster with the rest of that mess.
lf we goin' out, we goin' out like us.
That's right.
- We back, Big C? - Yup.
- What you doin' here? - He got fired.
- Whatever. - You quit?
l ain't a politician.
- Don't tell me you quit. - What was l supposed to do?
ls Lalowe Brown the only politician in Chicago?
Listen, Cal...
Don't even worry about it. Don't worry about it.
Good to have you back.
Good to be back.
Archie Bunker and George Jefferson back together again.
- Respect, man. - All right, respect.
Yo, what's up?
- What's happenin', y'all? - What's goin' on?
Can somebody tighten me up?
Come on over here, Wakefield. Sit down.
Serve you right.
What's up, Cal?
What's up, y'all? Quick lineup?
What's happenin'?
l got you, playboy.
Calvin, l like what you said yesterday.
What's up, man?
Dinka, can you hook me up?
Yes, sir. No problem.
Leave my customers alone.
That's Rick's.
Hey, Rick, l'm next with you.
All right. Whatever you want here.
lt looks to me like the village has spoken.
lt's okay. Just a minor setback.
Minor.
We can get through this.
''We''?
Young man, you're on your own.
Remember that.
Hey, lsaac, play somethin'.
Anything but R. Kelly. Please. Somethin' wrong with that boy.
He need some serious help. We ain't listenin' to no R. Kelly.
Hold, now. Don't start talkin' about R. Kelly.
l saw the tape. Y'all see the tape?
- Yeah, l saw the tape. - How that boy gonna say it ain't him?
You can't believe everything. The media likes to spin stuff.
- That was him. - You don't know.
- l think he was set up. - He was set up.
He set up the camera. That's what he did!
He had his head so far up that girl's behind,
you thought it was Groundhog Day.
But that ain't him. lt ain't just him.
Michael Jackson--his problem is he got a Ferris wheel.
How you gonna be a pedophile with a Ferris wheel?
Kobe Bryant--everybody thought he was Mr. Goody Two-shoes.
Come to find out he ain't have on no shoes.
He didn't have on no socks, either.
Man, and Luther Vandross.
You done gone too goddamn far.
Don't talk about Luther Vandross, okay?
Luther's sick, man.
- l can't talk about Luther Vandross? - No!
Everybody in here sayin' l can't talk about Luther Vandross?
No!
l can't talk about Luther Vandross?
What you gonna do about it, then?
Eddie, that's what l'm talkin' about. That's enough!
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