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RUCKUS:
My name is Uncle Ruckus,
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and this is the story
of my relations.
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I was born
under unusual circumstances.
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It was the Fourth of July,
and I was told
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it was a especially
good night to be born.
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[BABY CRYING]
But that was some bullshit.
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I came as soon as I heard.
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What is it, doc?
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There's no easy way
to put this.
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That brown spot
on your child's arm,
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It's a rare
and incurable skin disease.
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It will spread
all over his body.
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His skin will continue
to grow blacker and blacker
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and blacker and even blacker
and more blacker and blacker
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and then even blacker.
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Talk in plain English!
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I can't understand
what you're saying!
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Eventually he will be
indistinguishable from...
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a Negro.
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WOMAN: No!
Not that! Anything but that!
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[BABY CRYING]
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[***]
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Hey, you!
What are you doing there?
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Hey!
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[BABY CRYING]
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[SIGHS]
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[GASPS]
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Come here, bitch.
Gimme some real quick.
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You ain't said nothing so far
about my hair.
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Because it ain't yours.
It is so mine.
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I'm the first colored girl
you ever met with blonde hair,
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and one day I'm gonna have eyes
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as blue as the summer sky.
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Bitch, you ain't never
in a million fucking years
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gonna have no blue eyes.
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You're hairier
than a motherfucker too.
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Your personality ain't much
to speak of either.
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Your cooking ain't shit.
You ain't clean worth a damn.
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Nasty bitch.
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But I need somebody around here
that's gonna wash
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the shit stains out my drawers,
so I guess you'll do.
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But, Mister,
your mama hates me.
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Mama ain't got much
more time left in her.
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She gonna be dead
in a few seconds,
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you watch and see.
I don't know.
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Look, uh, why don't
we go for a walk
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down by the swamp
and talk about it?
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But what about the...?
Bitch, I said,
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let's walk by the swamp!
Okay, okay.
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Aunt Juju, tell Mama
I'll be right back.
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[BABY CRYING]
Lord have mercy, what?
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Who left this baby on my step?
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BUNNY: Sweet Jesus.
I ought to cut this fucker.
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No! This ain't
no regular baby.
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It's a white baby.
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It's the most beautiful
white baby
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in the whole wide world.
White baby?
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Aw, shit, that's all I need,
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a goddamn white-baby
kidnapping charge.
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Bitch, put that thing down
before the police come.
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No, wait, here's some money.
Somebody wanted us to take him.
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[GASPS] Shit.
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Finding white babies might be
better than I thought.
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BUNNY:
What's this? Some kind of
birthmark?
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Don't look like
no birthmark I ever seen.
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Who knows? I'm sure
it's nothing. Can we keep him?
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Can we love him forever
and raise him to be
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our own beautiful white child?
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As husband and wife?
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Fine, bitch.
Oh, thank you, Mister!
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What should we name him?
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MISTER:
Name it after my uncle.
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BUNNY:
Okay.
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Uncle Ruckus it is.
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If the authorities come,
you going to jail.
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I didn't know nothing
about this white baby shit.
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* I am the stone
The builder refused *
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* I am the visual
The inspiration *
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* That made lady
Sing the blues *
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* I'm the spark
That makes your idea bright *
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* The same spark
That lights the dark *
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* So that you can know
Left from right *
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* I am the ballot in your box
The bullet in the gun *
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* The inner glow
That lets you know *
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* To call your brother sun *
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* The story that just begun *
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* The promise
Of what's to come *
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* And I'm 'a remain a soldier *
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* Till the war is won
Won *
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* Chop, chop, chop
Judo flip *
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* Chop, chop, chop
Judo flip *
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* Chop, chop, chop
Judo flip *
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* Chop, chop, chop *
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RUCKUS:
I'll never forget the day
my grandmamma, Nellie Ruckus,
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showed up at my house
after all them many years.
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I'll never forget it
because it was a day
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that scarred mefor the rest
of my natural born life.
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[RUCKUS SCREAMING]
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Ow! Goddamn it!
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Oh, Uncle, it's you.
Nellie?
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Nellie, is that you?
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Nigga, I thought you was
a burglar.
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A big, fat, funky, nasty,
stanky, black,
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one-eyed
motherfucking burglar.
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Why the fuck
didn't you knock, nigga?
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You raggedy son of a bitch!
I live here.
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You sass me again, boy,
and I'll cut you!
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What are you doing here?
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Uncle, I'm dying.
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Doctor says it's gonna be
any day now.
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And I just couldn't do it.
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I couldn't die
in your father's house.
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I... I haven't seen
or heard from you
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since the day Daddy
threw me out 53 years ago.
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Yeah, so?
What's new with you?
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Your daddy always used to say
you wouldn't amount to shit.
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Do you even have a job?
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I have 47 jobs, actually.
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Yeah, right. Is one
of those jobs the Unabomber?
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And how am I supposed to die
in this fucked-up chair?
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No lumbar support. You want me
to die with back problems?
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You raggedy motherfucker!
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Hey, Robert, I just finished
re-tiling the roof.
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You still need me to snake out
them toilets upstairs?
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I can do it right now.
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Only take me three, four hours.
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Right now? I don't know.
It's getting late.
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Hey, boys, I got an idea.
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Why don't we turn
off all the lights,
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I'll get under a sheet
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and we can play Klan
and the Little Negroes.
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Or how about you go on
a hot date
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and I'll stay here and babysit
the little coon kiddies.
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All night.
Ruckus, are you trying
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not to leave my house?
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My Grandma Nellie
just showed up
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and she's...
Well, I can't explain it.
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I just can't go back.
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Ruckus, everybody
got a messed-up family.
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Shoot, look at the boys.
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What?
No.
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Mine is different.
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[LAUGHING]
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RUCKUS:
The re-vitaligo
spread rapidly
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across my whole body.
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Like that black symbiote
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that turned Topher Grace
into Venom
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in Spider-Man Part Three.
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By the time I was
3 years old,
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I was indistinguishable
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from any other
African Negro child.
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MISTER:
Uncle! Uncle!
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I'm coming, Mister!
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[PANTING]
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My adopted Negro father
was a loser,
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even by loser Negro
standards.
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Yes, Mister?
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While you frolicking
in the damn fields,
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frolic your ass to the store
and get me some beer, nigga.
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He was miserable
just for the sake
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of being miserable.
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But what I remember most
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was his unwarranted hatred
of the white man.
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Goddamn crackers.
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Black man can't get ahead
for nothing.
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I remember him
making me feel very ashamed
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for my very own whiteness.
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I hate all these white
motherfuckers.
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But Mom, I'm white.
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Daddy's just upset, baby,
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because he's lazy
and the white man
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makes him work hard.
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I had two younger brothers:
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my brother Darryl
and my other brother Darell.
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But Mister always seemed
to single me out the worst.
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[GASPS]
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I would get beatings
for anything.
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Nigga, did you just break
that vase?
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Oh, sweet Jesus!
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Lord have mercy!
My baby!
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Just having fun was off limits
in Mister's house.
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Nigga, did I just catch you
having fun?
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[GRUNTS]
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Oh, sweet Jesus!
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Lord have mercy!
My baby!
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[DOOR OPENS]
Every day he reminded me
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of what a failure
I was going to be.
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Mister, I wanna be a doctor
when I grow up.
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Nigga, did I just catch you
wanting to be shit?
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[GRUNTS]
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Oh, sweet Jesus!
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Lord have mercy!
My baby!
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My darling adopted
Negro mother,
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who I loved almost
like she was white,
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did the best she could.
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Now don't you listen
to him, Uncle.
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You ain't no worthless nigga.
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Deep down,
deep down in your heart,
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you always have to believe
that you are special.
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She made sure I knew
all my white history.
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Mama, who's
George Washington Carver?
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He's the man responsible
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for more peanut allergy deaths
than anyone who ever lived.
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Baby, why don't we read
aboutEli Whitney instead?
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He invented the cotton gin.
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He was a great white man.
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Just like you.
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Many a night I dreamed about
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my biological father
returning to take me away
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to white people land,
but it never happened.
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[SIGHS]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
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When I thought it
couldn't get no worse,
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my grandmamma showed up
at the doorstep.
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I'm dying.
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She was the only person
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I ever met
more miserable than my daddy.
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Ugh, look at you.
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Didn't I tell you
you wasn't gonna be shit?
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With your stupid ugly wife
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and your stupid ugly childrens.
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I can't wait to die so
I don't have to look
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at your ugly black nigga ass
no more. Goddamn it!
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Aah! I can't take it
no more!
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It was very shortly after that
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my adopted father
threw me out of the house.
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I ain't seen
none of them since.
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Your story,
it's just so powerful.
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And so sad.
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Real, real sad.
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I mean, I ain't gonna cry,
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because that's gay, but...
But it is real sad.
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But I don't know what to do.
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I swear I can't go back home
with that woman there.
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Please don't make me go.
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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
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[SCREAMS]
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Oh, I get it.
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You leave me in the shack
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and you come
and hang out in here
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in a fancy
motherfucking mansion.
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Get out of my way, goddamn it.
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RUCKUS:
I'll get her out of here,
Robert,
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I'll get her out of here.
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Aw, shit,
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now this is a dying chair,
right here.
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No, no, no.
Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm.
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That's my chair.
That's a living chair.
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Oh, yeah, I might wanna
get buried
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in this motherfucker
right here!
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Grandma Nellie, please,
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you can't die
in Robert's chair.
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00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:52,373
Let's go back home...
253
00:08:52,373 --> 00:08:53,940
I don't wanna die
in that shit hole,
254
00:08:53,940 --> 00:08:56,107
I want to die
in the fancy fucking mansion.
255
00:08:56,107 --> 00:08:59,040
I only get to do this once
and I'm gonna do it right.
256
00:09:00,535 --> 00:09:02,034
RUCKUS:
Robert, you gotta help me.
257
00:09:02,034 --> 00:09:04,368
You black, you understand
dysfunctional families.
258
00:09:04,368 --> 00:09:05,934
Make her leave.
I can't.
259
00:09:05,934 --> 00:09:07,802
She's my grandmother.
You can.
260
00:09:07,802 --> 00:09:09,735
Hell, you're old enough
to be a grandmother.
261
00:09:09,735 --> 00:09:12,301
NELLIE:
I don't know who'd wanna keep
living in this world.
262
00:09:12,301 --> 00:09:13,901
Economy gone down
the damn toilet,
263
00:09:13,901 --> 00:09:17,834
got disease, war, oil spills,
fucking food shortages,
264
00:09:17,834 --> 00:09:20,001
I bet people gonna start
eating each other.
265
00:09:20,001 --> 00:09:22,702
They're probably gonna eat
them children first.
266
00:09:22,702 --> 00:09:25,335
Flesh more tender.
267
00:09:25,335 --> 00:09:28,301
Please, Robert, please.
She won't be too much hassle.
268
00:09:28,301 --> 00:09:30,368
The doctor said she gonna
be dead any minute now.
269
00:09:30,368 --> 00:09:31,468
No. She can't stay here,
270
00:09:31,468 --> 00:09:33,134
and she definitely
can't die here.
271
00:09:33,134 --> 00:09:35,568
On the front lawn maybe,
but not in the living room.
272
00:09:35,568 --> 00:09:38,234
Now you make her leave
or I'm gonna make her leave.
273
00:09:38,234 --> 00:09:40,301
I know what God really wants,
damn it.
274
00:09:40,301 --> 00:09:42,435
He wants me to kill
my motherfucking self.
275
00:09:42,435 --> 00:09:43,834
That's why he fucks with me.
276
00:09:43,834 --> 00:09:46,201
That's why he gave me
a fucked-up ass life.
277
00:09:46,201 --> 00:09:47,967
But the joke's on him.
I ain't gonna give
278
00:09:47,967 --> 00:09:50,101
that motherfucker
the satisfaction.
279
00:09:51,168 --> 00:09:52,735
You make her leave.
280
00:09:54,234 --> 00:09:55,768
Nigga, what the fuck
do you want?
281
00:09:55,768 --> 00:09:57,668
Ma'am, it is a pleasure
to meet you,
282
00:09:57,668 --> 00:10:00,867
and I'm very, very sorry
about your impending demise,
283
00:10:00,867 --> 00:10:02,934
but I'm afraid I'm gonna have
to ask you to leave.
284
00:10:02,934 --> 00:10:04,601
Fucker, I'll leave
when I'm dead.
285
00:10:04,601 --> 00:10:05,934
Ain't y'all got no food
286
00:10:05,934 --> 00:10:08,201
in this raggedy piece
of shit fancy fucking mansion?
287
00:10:08,201 --> 00:10:09,401
Okay, that's enough.
288
00:10:09,401 --> 00:10:10,867
I'm not playing around anymore.
289
00:10:10,867 --> 00:10:12,335
I ain't scared of you, nigga.
290
00:10:12,335 --> 00:10:14,867
We can both die
in this house today.
291
00:10:14,867 --> 00:10:16,934
She ain't gonna talk to me
like that in my house.
292
00:10:16,934 --> 00:10:18,668
I ain't no punk.
Let me at her. Let me go.
293
00:10:18,668 --> 00:10:20,134
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
294
00:10:20,134 --> 00:10:22,735
Oh, damn.
It's probably Mister.
295
00:10:22,735 --> 00:10:24,901
[KNOCKING CONTINUES]
296
00:10:24,901 --> 00:10:26,967
Daddy?
Daddy is coming here?
297
00:10:26,967 --> 00:10:28,234
I told him I was here.
298
00:10:28,234 --> 00:10:30,268
And he talking about he wanna
come watch me die.
299
00:10:30,268 --> 00:10:32,268
Ain't that a bitch?
Good. He can take your ass
300
00:10:32,268 --> 00:10:33,435
out of here and watch you die
301
00:10:33,435 --> 00:10:35,001
someplace else.
Nerve of that bitch
302
00:10:35,001 --> 00:10:36,702
trying to pull a blade on me
in my house.
303
00:10:36,702 --> 00:10:39,268
RUCKUS:
It was the first time seeing
my adopted family
304
00:10:39,268 --> 00:10:41,368
in 50 years.
305
00:10:41,368 --> 00:10:43,034
My mother, Bunny Ruckus.
306
00:10:43,034 --> 00:10:46,702
My brother, Darryl,
and my other brother, Darell.
307
00:10:46,702 --> 00:10:50,068
And finally my father,
Mister Ruckus.
308
00:10:50,068 --> 00:10:51,668
Is the bitch dead yet?
309
00:10:51,668 --> 00:10:53,568
[***]
310
00:10:53,568 --> 00:10:55,101
Okay, we here.
311
00:10:55,101 --> 00:10:56,768
Now go ahead and die already.
312
00:10:56,768 --> 00:10:58,001
You think you impatient?
313
00:10:58,001 --> 00:11:00,001
I been waiting to die
since the day you was born,
314
00:11:00,001 --> 00:11:01,501
you worthless bastard.
315
00:11:01,501 --> 00:11:03,501
Guys, can't we do this
someplace else?
316
00:11:03,501 --> 00:11:05,635
I ain't moving. First person
to lay a finger on me
317
00:11:05,635 --> 00:11:07,168
is getting cut.
You know what?
318
00:11:07,168 --> 00:11:10,001
You been talking that same
dying shit for 96 years.
319
00:11:10,001 --> 00:11:11,168
Now I ain't got all day.
320
00:11:11,168 --> 00:11:13,001
Hurry up and die
so I can go back home.
321
00:11:13,001 --> 00:11:14,834
Oh, if you got shit to do,
nigga, leave.
322
00:11:14,834 --> 00:11:17,068
I can die on my own,
goddamn it.
323
00:11:17,068 --> 00:11:19,168
No. I'm gonna make sure
you dead.
324
00:11:19,168 --> 00:11:20,635
Then I'm gonna celebrate.
325
00:11:20,635 --> 00:11:23,435
For the first time in my life,
I'm gonna be truly happy.
326
00:11:23,435 --> 00:11:24,735
I'm gonna have some balloons
327
00:11:24,735 --> 00:11:27,335
and some ice cream and cake
for your fucking funeral.
328
00:11:27,335 --> 00:11:29,368
Then I'm gonna put
some cement over your grave
329
00:11:29,368 --> 00:11:30,934
so even if the dead
come back to life
330
00:11:30,934 --> 00:11:32,101
like in them zombie movies,
331
00:11:32,101 --> 00:11:34,834
your ass
ain't gonna be nowhere.
332
00:11:34,834 --> 00:11:36,234
Look guys, enough is enough.
333
00:11:36,234 --> 00:11:38,768
We shouldn't do this
in other people's houses.
334
00:11:38,768 --> 00:11:40,168
Let's go.
Come on, Nellie.
335
00:11:41,268 --> 00:11:43,368
Aah! Oh, my God!
336
00:11:43,368 --> 00:11:44,435
[ALL GASP]
337
00:11:44,435 --> 00:11:47,101
BUNNY: Lord have mercy! My baby!
Oh, man.
338
00:11:47,101 --> 00:11:49,335
BUNNY:
Oh, I can't tell you
how nice it is
339
00:11:49,335 --> 00:11:51,535
to see all of my boys
under one roof.
340
00:11:51,535 --> 00:11:53,501
Oh, white God is good,
ain't he?
341
00:11:53,501 --> 00:11:54,901
We got so much catching up
to do.
342
00:11:54,901 --> 00:11:57,735
Now, Uncle, did you know
that Darryl is an accountant
343
00:11:57,735 --> 00:11:59,168
for a white finance company
344
00:11:59,168 --> 00:12:02,168
and just got a promotion
from his white boss?
345
00:12:02,168 --> 00:12:03,668
Ooh, isn't that amazing?
346
00:12:03,668 --> 00:12:05,168
That's, wonderful, Darryl.
347
00:12:05,168 --> 00:12:07,335
A white man promoted you.
Congratulations.
348
00:12:07,335 --> 00:12:09,401
Oh, it's really not
that big a deal.
349
00:12:09,401 --> 00:12:12,335
And Darell here owns
his very own motorcycle shop,
350
00:12:12,335 --> 00:12:14,834
and he's married
to a white woman.
351
00:12:14,834 --> 00:12:16,735
Oh, she's the most
beautifulest white woman
352
00:12:16,735 --> 00:12:17,901
you've ever seen.
353
00:12:17,901 --> 00:12:19,168
And she has his name tattooed
354
00:12:19,168 --> 00:12:21,168
right here on her white titty.
355
00:12:21,168 --> 00:12:23,001
Heh-heh.
Mama, that's personal.
356
00:12:23,001 --> 00:12:24,201
I can't believe it.
357
00:12:24,201 --> 00:12:26,668
My own brother
with his name tattooed
358
00:12:26,668 --> 00:12:28,702
across a white woman's
milk gland.
359
00:12:28,702 --> 00:12:30,768
Congratulations.
360
00:12:30,768 --> 00:12:33,568
Speaking of accomplishments,
what'd you accomplish, boy?
361
00:12:33,568 --> 00:12:35,867
Hush, Mister.
I'm proud of Uncle.
362
00:12:35,867 --> 00:12:37,702
He lives
in this beautiful neighborhood
363
00:12:37,702 --> 00:12:39,435
around some lovely
white people.
364
00:12:39,435 --> 00:12:42,001
He live in a shack
on the outskirts of town.
365
00:12:42,001 --> 00:12:43,768
He works hard.
366
00:12:43,768 --> 00:12:44,901
And still ain't got shit,
367
00:12:44,901 --> 00:12:46,301
and ain't never
gonna have shit.
368
00:12:46,301 --> 00:12:48,001
You know what that
makes you? A Mexican.
369
00:12:48,001 --> 00:12:50,301
Is that what you've accomplished
with your life, boy?
370
00:12:50,301 --> 00:12:51,735
Being a Mexican?
371
00:12:51,735 --> 00:12:53,901
You ain't even gotta speak
English to be a Mexican.
372
00:12:53,901 --> 00:12:55,867
Whose fault is it you
a professional Mexican?
373
00:12:55,867 --> 00:12:57,702
Is that my fault?
He's not a Mexican.
374
00:12:57,702 --> 00:12:59,201
He's our son.
375
00:12:59,201 --> 00:13:00,668
You always treated me
different.
376
00:13:00,668 --> 00:13:02,501
You never loved me because...
377
00:13:02,501 --> 00:13:05,301
Because...
Because I am adopted.
378
00:13:07,335 --> 00:13:09,001
[LAUGHING]
379
00:13:09,001 --> 00:13:11,401
Adopted? Boy you still
believe that shit?
380
00:13:11,401 --> 00:13:12,601
Goddamn it, how old are you?
381
00:13:12,601 --> 00:13:15,001
Mister, stop.
You still believe you got...
382
00:13:15,001 --> 00:13:16,768
What was that called?
What'd you call it?
383
00:13:16,768 --> 00:13:18,034
Uh, "re-vitaligo"?
384
00:13:18,034 --> 00:13:19,802
Daddy, come on.
That's enough.
385
00:13:19,802 --> 00:13:21,901
He does have re-vitaligo.
386
00:13:21,901 --> 00:13:25,001
You ever heard of anybody else
having re-vitaligo?
387
00:13:25,001 --> 00:13:26,901
Your mama made
that shit up, boy.
388
00:13:26,901 --> 00:13:28,934
She thought it'd be good
for your self-esteem
389
00:13:28,934 --> 00:13:30,802
if you believed deep down
you was white.
390
00:13:30,802 --> 00:13:32,668
That's why they shouldn't
let dumb bitches
391
00:13:32,668 --> 00:13:34,468
read psychology books.
That's not true.
392
00:13:34,468 --> 00:13:36,101
We found you
on the doorstep. I swear.
393
00:13:36,101 --> 00:13:37,702
I don't hate you
because you adopted.
394
00:13:37,702 --> 00:13:39,535
I hate you
because knocking up your mama
395
00:13:39,535 --> 00:13:41,702
killed my chances of me
ever experiencing
396
00:13:41,702 --> 00:13:43,867
a single moment
of happiness or joy
397
00:13:43,867 --> 00:13:45,435
for the rest of my damn life.
398
00:13:45,435 --> 00:13:46,668
Baby, don't listen to him.
399
00:13:46,668 --> 00:13:47,867
After that, it was more
400
00:13:47,867 --> 00:13:50,335
and more hungry
niggas' mouths to feed.
401
00:13:50,335 --> 00:13:53,168
All my big plans
gone right down the shitter.
402
00:13:53,168 --> 00:13:55,368
I worked my life away
for these damn crackers,
403
00:13:55,368 --> 00:13:57,168
still couldn't make
my ends meet.
404
00:13:57,168 --> 00:13:59,201
Mister, now you leave
the white man out of this.
405
00:13:59,201 --> 00:14:00,468
Shut your ass up, Bunny.
406
00:14:00,468 --> 00:14:02,268
I'm sick of you talking
about that goddamn
407
00:14:02,268 --> 00:14:03,501
white man all the time.
408
00:14:03,501 --> 00:14:06,001
Name one of them who ever
did shit for any of you.
409
00:14:06,001 --> 00:14:08,702
Huh? Can't do it,
can you?
410
00:14:08,702 --> 00:14:09,702
Look at what you did.
411
00:14:09,702 --> 00:14:12,168
All my kids
is some damn Uncle Toms.
412
00:14:12,168 --> 00:14:13,301
And you the worst.
413
00:14:13,301 --> 00:14:15,268
A black fool who hates
hisself so much
414
00:14:15,268 --> 00:14:17,535
he can't even see what's
in front of him in the mirror.
415
00:14:17,535 --> 00:14:20,668
Just another black nigga
like the rest of us.
416
00:14:20,668 --> 00:14:23,335
[SOBBING] I hate you!
417
00:14:23,335 --> 00:14:25,834
You're the reason why
after I say the name "Ruckus,"
418
00:14:25,834 --> 00:14:28,001
I always say,
"No relation."
419
00:14:28,001 --> 00:14:31,301
I am adopted, I am adopted!
420
00:14:31,301 --> 00:14:32,967
[CRYING]
421
00:14:33,967 --> 00:14:35,301
[DOOR CLOSES]
422
00:14:35,301 --> 00:14:37,802
It's a shame we don't all get
together more often.
423
00:14:37,802 --> 00:14:39,168
Well, there's got to be
some way
424
00:14:39,168 --> 00:14:41,001
to get these people
out of my house. Wait,
425
00:14:41,001 --> 00:14:43,234
what about hounds?
Can we release some hounds that,
426
00:14:43,234 --> 00:14:45,301
you know, chase them away?
That's legal, right?
427
00:14:45,301 --> 00:14:47,335
Riley, Google "hounds."
428
00:14:47,335 --> 00:14:48,802
[SOBBING]
429
00:14:48,802 --> 00:14:50,201
Ruckus, are you okay?
430
00:14:50,201 --> 00:14:51,201
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
431
00:14:51,201 --> 00:14:52,867
He... He just said something.
432
00:14:52,867 --> 00:14:55,802
He said something terrible.
He said I wasn't adopted.
433
00:14:55,802 --> 00:14:57,535
Adopted?
Nigga, you ain't...
434
00:14:57,535 --> 00:14:58,834
Well, I'm sure he was just
435
00:14:58,834 --> 00:15:00,134
trying to push your buttons.
436
00:15:00,134 --> 00:15:01,568
Oh. Yeah, you right,
you right.
437
00:15:01,568 --> 00:15:03,635
I mean, of course
I'm adopted, heh.
438
00:15:03,635 --> 00:15:05,802
Hell, we don't even look
nothing alike, heh.
439
00:15:05,802 --> 00:15:08,201
I'm sorry, boys, this must be
confusing for y'all.
440
00:15:08,201 --> 00:15:10,301
I know you think
of your old Uncle Ruckus
441
00:15:10,301 --> 00:15:12,702
as a pillar of strength
and confidence.
442
00:15:12,702 --> 00:15:15,501
Look, Uncle Ruckus,
we know what it's like
443
00:15:15,501 --> 00:15:17,335
to have an abusive
parental figure.
444
00:15:17,335 --> 00:15:19,702
To suffer the mental
and physical abuse.
445
00:15:19,702 --> 00:15:21,568
Hey. This ain't about me.
Leave that alone.
446
00:15:21,568 --> 00:15:23,668
The endless work.
"Clean up your room,
447
00:15:23,668 --> 00:15:25,834
take out the trash,
do your homework."
448
00:15:25,834 --> 00:15:27,501
Always walking on eggshells,
449
00:15:27,501 --> 00:15:30,101
wondering when the next
whooping gonna come.
450
00:15:30,101 --> 00:15:32,301
Aah!
Oh, I'll never forget the day.
451
00:15:32,301 --> 00:15:33,834
The day he threw me out.
452
00:15:33,834 --> 00:15:35,702
The day
that changed everything.
453
00:15:35,702 --> 00:15:37,468
[BUNNY SCREAMING]
454
00:15:39,335 --> 00:15:40,501
No!
455
00:15:40,501 --> 00:15:42,234
No! No!
456
00:15:42,234 --> 00:15:43,268
[SCREAMING]
[CRYING]
457
00:15:45,335 --> 00:15:46,401
[YELLING]
458
00:15:46,401 --> 00:15:48,635
[CRYING]
459
00:15:48,635 --> 00:15:51,034
Someone was supposed
to put that away.
460
00:15:51,034 --> 00:15:52,867
[SCREAMING]
461
00:15:52,867 --> 00:15:54,368
He stepped in a animal trap.
462
00:15:54,368 --> 00:15:56,368
[GRUNTING]
463
00:15:56,368 --> 00:15:58,068
Ooh, that's leaded paint.
464
00:15:58,068 --> 00:15:59,967
Ooh.
No. We'll have to presoak that
465
00:15:59,967 --> 00:16:01,568
or it won't come out!
466
00:16:01,568 --> 00:16:03,501
[BUNNY SCREAMING]
467
00:16:04,967 --> 00:16:07,068
Damn nigga.
Out, I say.
468
00:16:07,068 --> 00:16:10,001
Get out. You lazy,
worthless nigga.
469
00:16:10,001 --> 00:16:11,401
Stop it!
470
00:16:11,401 --> 00:16:13,568
Why? Why?
471
00:16:13,568 --> 00:16:15,802
Why?
472
00:16:15,802 --> 00:16:18,768
[ALL SOBBING]
473
00:16:18,768 --> 00:16:21,967
That's so unbelievably sad.
474
00:16:21,967 --> 00:16:25,401
That's like,
Academy Award-nominated sad.
475
00:16:25,401 --> 00:16:27,501
Man, I ain't crying because
of the story.
476
00:16:27,501 --> 00:16:29,501
I got allergies.
477
00:16:29,501 --> 00:16:31,335
But that was pretty sad.
478
00:16:32,435 --> 00:16:33,635
[KNOCKING ON DOOR] Huh?
479
00:16:33,635 --> 00:16:35,735
[***]
480
00:16:35,735 --> 00:16:36,901
DARRYL:
Uncle.
481
00:16:36,901 --> 00:16:38,234
She gone.
482
00:16:38,234 --> 00:16:39,934
In my living room?
483
00:16:39,934 --> 00:16:41,702
Oh, no!
484
00:16:41,702 --> 00:16:42,802
RILEY:
Ugh!
485
00:16:42,802 --> 00:16:46,301
In my living chair?
Oh, no!
486
00:16:46,301 --> 00:16:48,268
Huey, get my chainsaw.
487
00:16:49,501 --> 00:16:50,568
MISTER:
Where we going?
488
00:16:50,568 --> 00:16:52,068
DARRYL:
Back to the hotel, Daddy.
489
00:16:52,068 --> 00:16:54,001
Already?
Let's keep partying.
490
00:16:54,001 --> 00:16:55,601
She's finally dead.
491
00:16:55,601 --> 00:16:58,001
It's not true, is it?
What Mister said?
492
00:16:58,001 --> 00:17:00,134
You know you can't listen
to that black fool.
493
00:17:00,134 --> 00:17:01,468
Your daddy's just miserable
494
00:17:01,468 --> 00:17:03,967
because he never learned
to love the white man.
495
00:17:03,967 --> 00:17:05,967
Mark my words,
he's gonna end up
496
00:17:05,967 --> 00:17:07,301
just like his mama.
497
00:17:07,301 --> 00:17:09,134
Just be happy
you're adopted, son.
498
00:17:09,134 --> 00:17:10,735
We darkies are a mess.
499
00:17:10,735 --> 00:17:13,134
MISTER:
Bunny, get the molasses
out your ass and come on.
500
00:17:14,635 --> 00:17:17,802
RUCKUS:
On Thursdays between
2 a.m. and 7 a.m.,
501
00:17:17,802 --> 00:17:19,535
I dig graves.
502
00:17:19,535 --> 00:17:20,901
The family decided
it was best
503
00:17:20,901 --> 00:17:23,468
to bury Nellie Ruckus
here in Woodcrest.
504
00:17:23,468 --> 00:17:25,034
That was on account
of the generous
505
00:17:25,034 --> 00:17:29,068
70 percent discount offered
to employees such as myself.
506
00:17:29,068 --> 00:17:30,668
Mind if we help?
507
00:17:30,668 --> 00:17:33,234
Don't seem like this
should be all on you.
508
00:17:33,234 --> 00:17:35,335
[CHUCKLES]
509
00:17:35,335 --> 00:17:37,268
[ALL LAUGHING]
510
00:17:38,501 --> 00:17:40,168
That's a good one, Darryl.
511
00:17:40,168 --> 00:17:41,335
Good one too, Darell.
512
00:17:41,335 --> 00:17:44,468
You did always seem
to get it the worst, Uncle.
513
00:17:44,468 --> 00:17:45,802
What I never could understand
514
00:17:45,802 --> 00:17:47,668
was how the man
got to be so hateful.
515
00:17:47,668 --> 00:17:49,967
So mad at the world
for no reason.
516
00:17:49,967 --> 00:17:51,901
Look, nothing excuses
what Mister did to us
517
00:17:51,901 --> 00:17:55,168
growing up, but as we got older
we saw things.
518
00:17:55,168 --> 00:17:57,335
The white folks
Mister worked for,
519
00:17:57,335 --> 00:17:59,867
well, they didn't always
treat him very well.
520
00:17:59,867 --> 00:18:01,168
No. That's crazy talk.
521
00:18:01,168 --> 00:18:02,635
No, Uncle. It's true.
522
00:18:02,635 --> 00:18:04,635
Every time Mister
went out into the world,
523
00:18:04,635 --> 00:18:06,802
the white man took
a little more of his dignity.
524
00:18:06,802 --> 00:18:09,568
And his sanity.
And his humanity.
525
00:18:09,568 --> 00:18:12,335
He served white folks
his whole life.
526
00:18:13,435 --> 00:18:14,735
Aah!
527
00:18:14,735 --> 00:18:16,802
He was even worked
at the police department
528
00:18:16,802 --> 00:18:18,301
as a practice dummy.
529
00:18:18,301 --> 00:18:20,101
[SCREAMING]
[WHISTLING]
530
00:18:21,201 --> 00:18:24,168
[BLOWS LANDING] Aah!
531
00:18:24,168 --> 00:18:26,967
DARRYL:
Sometimes they would
just abuse him for no reason.
532
00:18:26,967 --> 00:18:28,068
Good job, boy.
533
00:18:29,201 --> 00:18:30,201
[SCREAMS]
534
00:18:30,201 --> 00:18:31,867
[***]
535
00:18:31,867 --> 00:18:33,702
[SIGHS]
536
00:18:38,168 --> 00:18:40,101
[CRYING]
537
00:18:41,335 --> 00:18:43,001
Well,
he must've done something.
538
00:18:43,001 --> 00:18:44,668
It just ain't
in the white man's nature
539
00:18:44,668 --> 00:18:46,001
to act cruel for no reason.
540
00:18:46,001 --> 00:18:47,501
Sometimes I think
541
00:18:47,501 --> 00:18:50,834
him being so hard on us
was his misguided way
542
00:18:50,834 --> 00:18:53,768
to try and toughen us up
for a tough world.
543
00:18:57,134 --> 00:18:58,301
I can't believe you made us
544
00:18:58,301 --> 00:19:00,335
get dressed up for this,
Granddad.
545
00:19:00,335 --> 00:19:02,101
The earlier parts
were just so moving.
546
00:19:02,101 --> 00:19:04,134
I have to see how
this tragic story ends.
547
00:19:05,435 --> 00:19:08,967
Nellie had a statement
that she wanted read today.
548
00:19:08,967 --> 00:19:10,168
[CLEARS THROAT]
549
00:19:10,168 --> 00:19:12,635
"For the last six decades
of my miserable life,
550
00:19:12,635 --> 00:19:14,301
"I had only two wishes.
551
00:19:14,301 --> 00:19:15,802
"The first was to die.
552
00:19:15,802 --> 00:19:18,301
"The second was that
my only son, Mister,
553
00:19:18,301 --> 00:19:20,635
"would somehow reach
the grave before me.
554
00:19:20,635 --> 00:19:22,468
"While I am obviously
disappointed
555
00:19:22,468 --> 00:19:24,468
"that this didn't happen,
and I curse him
556
00:19:24,468 --> 00:19:26,435
"from the grave,
I'm still pretty happy
557
00:19:26,435 --> 00:19:27,601
to be dead."
558
00:19:27,601 --> 00:19:30,134
Ha-ha. That was beautiful,
thank you.
559
00:19:30,134 --> 00:19:34,501
However, I get the last word
because I'm alive, bitch.
560
00:19:34,501 --> 00:19:36,802
And a round of applause
for my son Uncle,
561
00:19:36,802 --> 00:19:38,802
for the fine job he did
digging the grave.
562
00:19:38,802 --> 00:19:41,635
It's okay, boy. I had
some shitty jobs in my day.
563
00:19:41,635 --> 00:19:43,468
Course, that was back
in Jim Crow.
564
00:19:43,468 --> 00:19:45,668
Now how you gonna be a failure
in the 21st century
565
00:19:45,668 --> 00:19:47,668
with a nigga in the White House
is beyond me.
566
00:19:47,668 --> 00:19:49,834
Dad, that's enough.
DARELL: Dad, please.
567
00:19:49,834 --> 00:19:51,101
No, no, that's okay.
568
00:19:51,101 --> 00:19:52,834
Keep talking.
Keep talking, Daddy.
569
00:19:52,834 --> 00:19:55,335
That's the eulogy
this old woman deserves.
570
00:19:55,335 --> 00:19:56,601
Oh, she did this to you.
571
00:19:56,601 --> 00:19:58,335
And now you doing it to me.
572
00:19:58,335 --> 00:20:00,168
You been doing it
our whole lives.
573
00:20:00,168 --> 00:20:01,834
And it's getting old.
574
00:20:01,834 --> 00:20:04,335
It's getting real old, old man.
575
00:20:04,335 --> 00:20:05,834
So get it out your system,
576
00:20:05,834 --> 00:20:09,601
then sit down
and shut the fuck up!
577
00:20:09,601 --> 00:20:11,134
[ALL GASPING]
578
00:20:11,134 --> 00:20:12,134
Oh, shit.
579
00:20:12,134 --> 00:20:15,867
Boy, what did you say to me?
580
00:20:15,867 --> 00:20:19,301
Uh, what part in particular?
581
00:20:19,301 --> 00:20:21,401
I'll show you
what part in particular.
582
00:20:21,401 --> 00:20:22,934
[ALL SHOUTING]
583
00:20:22,934 --> 00:20:24,001
[YELLS]
584
00:20:24,001 --> 00:20:26,335
My back.
It's my old injury.
585
00:20:26,335 --> 00:20:27,568
[SCREAMS]
586
00:20:27,568 --> 00:20:29,034
[GROANING]
587
00:20:29,034 --> 00:20:30,101
Oh, Mister, Mister!
588
00:20:33,535 --> 00:20:35,034
[***]
589
00:20:35,034 --> 00:20:36,335
He's dead.
590
00:20:36,335 --> 00:20:38,901
Well, I guess Grandma Nellie
got her wish.
591
00:20:38,901 --> 00:20:42,001
Yes. Now I can marry
my white lover.
592
00:20:42,001 --> 00:20:43,867
If only Mister
had lived long enough
593
00:20:43,867 --> 00:20:46,034
to love the white man too.
594
00:20:46,034 --> 00:20:47,535
I never thought I'd say this,
595
00:20:47,535 --> 00:20:49,735
but our family isn't
as messed up as I thought.
596
00:20:49,735 --> 00:20:50,901
I feel great.
597
00:20:50,901 --> 00:20:52,735
I saw a story
that moved me emotionally.
598
00:20:52,735 --> 00:20:55,068
Yeah, me too.
I'd hate to be them.
599
00:20:55,068 --> 00:20:56,401
And I've learned my lesson.
600
00:20:56,401 --> 00:20:58,735
I see I been too soft
on you guys all this time.
601
00:20:58,735 --> 00:21:00,735
From now on I'm really
gonna let you have it.
602
00:21:00,735 --> 00:21:02,001
I'm fitting to give y'all
603
00:21:02,001 --> 00:21:04,101
some of them good old-fashion
country beatings.
604
00:21:04,101 --> 00:21:05,802
Come here.
[RILEY LAUGHS]
605
00:21:05,802 --> 00:21:06,967
RILEY:
Stop it, Granddad.
606
00:21:06,967 --> 00:21:08,668
You crazy.
GRANDDAD: I'm gonna hit you
607
00:21:08,668 --> 00:21:10,668
with a switch
or something bigger
608
00:21:10,668 --> 00:21:12,168
than a switch,
like some firewood.
609
00:21:12,168 --> 00:21:13,568
Or throw you out
into the fields.
610
00:21:13,568 --> 00:21:15,068
Or push you out
of a moving car.
611
00:21:15,068 --> 00:21:18,401
RILEY:
Ha-ha! I'll push you out
of the car, Granddad.
612
00:21:18,401 --> 00:21:20,967
Why you ain't laughing, Huey?
613
00:21:20,967 --> 00:21:22,368
DARELL:
See you soon, Ruckus.
614
00:21:22,368 --> 00:21:23,668
You was a sight for sore eyes.
615
00:21:23,668 --> 00:21:25,034
Take care of yourself, Uncle.
616
00:21:25,034 --> 00:21:26,702
Bye, Darryl.
Bye, Darell.
617
00:21:26,702 --> 00:21:28,034
Hug your white wife for me.
618
00:21:28,034 --> 00:21:30,435
Bye, Mama.
Bye, Mama's white lover.
619
00:21:30,435 --> 00:21:33,268
Bye, Uncle.
Bless you. Bye-bye.
620
00:21:33,268 --> 00:21:35,535
RUCKUS:
It's hard to escape
becoming your parents.
621
00:21:35,535 --> 00:21:37,702
Hard, but not impossible.
622
00:21:37,702 --> 00:21:38,934
Hopefully it's easier
623
00:21:38,934 --> 00:21:40,501
when they're
your adopted parents.
624
00:21:40,501 --> 00:21:41,967
I hadn't realized before
625
00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:43,867
how much my hatred
of the Negro
626
00:21:43,867 --> 00:21:46,034
came from
my hatred of Mister.
627
00:21:46,034 --> 00:21:48,201
Maybe it was time
to stop hating niggas
628
00:21:48,201 --> 00:21:50,535
for being black,
and start having sympathy
629
00:21:50,535 --> 00:21:52,702
for them, for being
hopelessly inferior
630
00:21:52,702 --> 00:21:53,867
to white folks.
631
00:21:53,867 --> 00:21:55,735
But as far as darkies go,
632
00:21:55,735 --> 00:21:57,834
my adopted family
is all right.
633
00:22:00,301 --> 00:22:02,234
[***]