1 | This is not entirely a comedy film, but has it's moments. |
2 | * One of the opening scenes introduces up to protagonist Mookie and Jade, bickering as only siblings can: |
3 | --> '''Jade:''' Yeah, brush your teeth. |
4 | --> '''Mookie:''' I brushed my teeth. |
5 | --> '''Jade:''' Your breath stinks. |
6 | --> '''Mookie:''' It's your upper lip. |
7 | * Radio Raheem gets into an argument with Sonny, the Korean owner of the local grocery store, over the latter's lack of English skills. |
8 | -->'''Sonny:''' Motherfuck you! |
9 | -->'''Raheem:''' Motherfuck me? ''(beat)'' You're all right, man. |
10 | * Buggin' Out is telling the three guys sitting at the corner they should boycott Sal's. This is done in his POV--when he faces Coconut Sid, he goes "No, man. No." He turns to ML: "No." He turns to Sweet Dick Willie: "Hell no, goddamn it! Sal ain't never done nothing to you, man, and me neither. Hear me, what you oughta do is boycott the barber that fucked up your head [referring to Buggin' Out's ridiculous hair]!" |
11 | * When Smiley arrives at the window of Sal's to sell his pictures, Pino aggressively steps outside and angrily confronts him, while also arguing with an off-screen resident about harassing Smiley. While that's going on, Smiley attempts to say "Fuck you!" to Pino, but his stuttering cripples it. |
12 | * At the beginning, when Sal asks Pino to sweep the front of the pizzeria and instead orders Vito, whom is blasting his Walkman: |
13 | -->'''Pino:''' Vito. Get a broom and sweep out front. |
14 | -->'''Vito:''' Huh? |
15 | -->'''Pino:''' Get a broom and sweep out front. |
16 | -->'''Vito:''' What?! |
17 | -->'''Pino:''' (his voice is now bellowing throughout the neighborhood) '''GET A BROOM AND SWEEP OUT FRONT!''' |
18 | * As "Sweet Dick" Willie is portrayed by stand up comedian Robin Harris, it follows that most of his lines (most, if not all ad-libbed) are some of the funniest in the film. Here, Willie rebukes his friend Coconut Sal for his racist tirade against the Korean grocer: |
19 | --> "And Coconut, you got a lot of damn nerve! You got off the boat, too!" |
20 | ** Then he turns right around and calls that same grocer "Kung Fu". |
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