Chasing Amy (1997)
Dwight Ewell: Hooper
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Quotes
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Hooper : Always some white boy gotta invoke the holy trilogy. Bust this: Those movies are about how the white man keeps the brother man down, even in a galaxy far, far away. Check this shit: You got cracker farm boy Luke Skywalker, Nazi poster boy, blond hair, blue eyes. And then you got Darth Vader, the blackest brother in the galaxy, Nubian god!
Banky Edwards : What's a Nubian?
Hooper : Shut the fuck up! Now... Vader, he's a spiritual brother, y'know, down with the force and all that good shit. Then this cracker, Skywalker, gets his hands on a light saber and the boy decides he's gonna run the fuckin' universe; gets a whole clan of whites together. And they go and bust up Vader's hood, the Death Star. Now what the fuck do you call that?
Banky Edwards : Intergalactic civil war?
Hooper : Gentrification! They gon' drive out the black element to make the galaxy quote, unquote, safe for white folks. And Jedi's the most insulting installment! Because Vader's beautiful black visage is sullied when he pulls off his mask to reveal a feeble, crusty, old white man! They tryin' to tell us that deep inside we all wants to be white!
Banky Edwards : Well, isn't that true?
[Hooper pulls out his gun, shoots Banky]
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Hooper : For years in this industry, whenever an African American character, hero or villain, was introduced - usually by *white* artists and writers - they got slapped with racist names that singled them out as Negroes. Now, my book, "White-Hatin' Coon," don't have none of that bullshit. The hero's name is Maleekwa, and he's a descendant from the black tribe that established the first society on the planet, while all you European motherfuckers were still hiding in caves and shit, all terrified of the sun. He's a strong role model that a young black reader can look up to. 'Cause I'm here to tell you, the chickens is coming home to roost, y'all. The black man's no longer gonna play the minstrel in the medium of comics and sci-fi fantasy. We keepin' it real, and we gonna get respect by any means necessary.
Holden : Ah, come on, that's a bunch of horse shit! Lando Calrissian was a black guy. You know. He got to fly the Millennium Falcon, what's the matter with you?
Hooper : Who said that?
Holden : I did! Lando Calrissian is a positive role-model in the realm of science-fiction/fantasy.
Hooper : Fuck Lando Calrissian! Uncle Tom nigger!
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Hooper : So where's your better half?
Banky Edwards : Takin' a piss. The guy's got a bladder like an infant.
Hooper : That's funny. He says you're hung like an infant.
Banky Edwards : Does his mother tell him everything?
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Hooper : Screw that "all for one" shit, alright? I gotta deal with being a minority in a minority of the minority, and nobody's supportin' my ass.
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Hooper : Archie was the bitch and Jughead was the butch. That's why Jughead wears that crown-looking hat all the time. He the king of queen Archie's world.
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Hooper X : [to Banky] What's a Nubian? Bitch, you almost made me laugh.
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Hooper : I need to sell the image to sell the book. I mean, would the audience still buy the whole black rage angle if they found out the book was written by a... you know...
Banky Edwards : Faggot?
Hooper : When you say it, it sounds so sexy.
[kisses Banky]
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[while autographing a comic for a young fan, Hooper points at Holden]
Hooper : See that man right there? He the Devil, understand? Never take your eye off the man.
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Hooper : [waves a dollar at Banky] Here.
Banky Edwards : What?
Hooper : I want you to go down to the corner store, and buy yourself a clue.
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Hooper : Men need to believe that they're Marco Fucking Polo when it comes to sex.
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Hooper : I think it's more like Banky's having a real problem with all things not hetero right about now.
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Hooper : Holden, Banky, this pile of PMS is Alyssa Jones.
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Hooper : Ooh, Yanni!
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Hooper : What is it about gay men that terrifies the rest of the world?
