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Questioning Changes in Behavior and Appearance
Rod Williams
But Chris say he is acting real different.
[about the missing Andre Hayworth]
Detective Latoya
Different how?
Rod Williams
This dude is from ], huh? He don't dress like this.
[[Brooklyn]
Detective Latoya
I didn't use to dress like this.
Rod Williams
Plus he is married to a white woman twice his age.
Detective Latoya
That would explain the clothes... Alright. Oh Lord, Rod Williams from ].
[she laughs; [W:Transportation Security Administration|TSA]
Rod Williams
I know, I know, I know, but I'm trying to work towards this. Look, What I'm about to tell you going to sound crazy. You ready?
Detective Latoya
Try me.
Rod Williams
I believe they've been abducting black people... brainwashing them, making them work for them as sex slaves and shit. Sorry about the shit.
Critique of Deer Population Impact
Dean Armitage
You know what I say? I say one down, a couple hundred thousand to go. I don't mean to get on my high horse, but I'm telling you I do not like the fucking deer, I'm sick of it, they're taking over, they're like rats, they're destroying the ecosystem. I see a dead deer on the side of the road and I think to myself That's a fucking start.
[about Rose and Chris hitting a deer on the way]
Challenging Stereotypes in Security Procedures
Rod Williams
Look, look Chris, tell me this okay? How can I get in trouble for patting down an old lady? It's standard procedure. Gary just thinks that if an elderly bitch is fucking elderly, she can't hijack no motherfucking plane. See, wait, wait, now, I know you're fucking laughing. I'm serious, come on man. The next ] is going to be on some geriatric shit.
[Chris laughs; [September 11 attacks|9/11]
Nervousness in Predominantly White Environments
Chris Washigton
All I know is sometimes, when there's too many white people, I get nervous, you know?
Seeking Depth Beyond Surface Differences
Jim Hudson
Please don't lump me in with that . You know, I could give a shit what color you are. No, what I want is deeper. I want your eye, man. I want those things you see through.
[the fetishization of blackness]
Awareness of Race in Relationships
Chris Washington
Do they know... Do they know I'm black?
[about Rose's parents]
Rose Armitage
No. Should they?
Chris Washington
It seems like...something you might want to, you know...mention.
Rose Armitage
Mom and Dad, my uh, my black boyfriend will be coming up this weekend, and I just don't want you to be shocked because he's a blackman." Black...
Chris Washington
You said I was the first black guy you ever dated?
Rose Armitage
Yeah, so what?
Chris Washington
Yeah, so this is uncharted territory for them. You know I don't want to be chased off the lawn with a shotgun.
Rose Armitage
You're not going to. First of all, my dad would have voted for ] a third time if he could have. Like, the love is so real. I'm only telling you that because he is definitely going to want to talk to you about that, and it will definitely fucking suck. But that's because he's a lame dad more than anything else. They are not racist. I would have told you. I wouldn't be bringing you home to them. Think about that for just two seconds.
[[Barack Obama|Obama]
Chris Washington
I'm thinking. Yeah, yeah, yeah good.
Invitation Does Not Guarantee Welcome
Taglines
Just because you're invited, doesn't mean you're welcome.
Taking Charge in a Crisis Situation
Rod Williams
I mean, I told you not to go in that house.
Chris Washington
How you find me?
Rod Williams
I'm T.S... motherfuckin'-A. We handle shit. That's what we do. Consider this situation... fuckin handled.
The Importance of Mental Awareness
Andre Logan King
Get out.
Commercial announcer
A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Clichés and Privacy in a Tense Moment
Dean Armitage
And now for the piece de resistance. The field of play. I love it. The nearest house is across the lake. Total privacy. I know what you're thinking.
[opening the door to show the back yard; they see Walter working in the yard]
Chris Washington
What?
Dean Armitage
Come on, I get it. White family, black servants. It's a total cliché.
Chris Washington
I wasn't going to take it there.
Dean Armitage
Well you didn't have to, believe me. Now, we hired Georgina and Walter to help care for my parents. When they died I just couldn't bear to let them go. But boy, I hate how it looks.
Chris Washington
Yeah, I know what you mean.
Dean Armitage
By the way, I would have voted for ] for a third term if I could. Best president in my lifetime. Hands down.
[[Barack Obama|Obama]
Character's Frustration with Unstable Behavior
Chris Washigton
This bitch is crazy. Bitch is crazy.
[about the housekeeper]
Suspicion at the Party
Chris Washington
He's different.
[about Andre Hayworth]
Rod Williams
No shit! Why is he dressed like that?
Chris Washington
It's not that, it's everything. He came to the party with a white woman like 30 years older than him.
Rod Williams
Sex slave! Oh, shit! Chris, you gotta get the fuck up outta there, man! You in some ] situation. Leave, motherfuck -
[[Eyes Wide Shut; cell phone line goes dead]
Chris Washington
No! Not the wires! Oh, great.
Paralysis and Control in Get Out
Missy Armitage
How do you feel now?
[to a hypnotized Chris]
Chris Washington
I can't move.
Missy Armitage
You can't move.
Chris Washington
Why can't I move?
Missy Armitage
You're paralyzed. Just like that day when you did nothing. You did nothing. Now...sink into the floor.
Chris Washington
Wait, wait, wait-
Missy Armitage
Sink... Now you're in the Sunken Place.
[In his mind, sinks below the floor of the house, powerless]
Uncovering Dark Secrets of Abduction and Control
Rod Williams
Then he sent me some weird pictures... I'm like Oh man that's Andre Hayworth'... this dude been missing for 6 months. Right? So I do all my research you know cause as a TSA agent... you know, you guys are detectives, you know, I got the same training. We might know more than y'all sometimes, you know cause we are dealing with some terrorist shit, so... but that's a totally different story. So look I, I go do my... my detective work, right? And I start putting pieces together. And see this is what I came up with. They're probably abducting black people, brainwashing them and making them slaves. Or sex slaves. Not just regular slaves, but sex slaves and shit. See? I don't know if it's the hypnosis that's making em slaves or what not, but all I know is they already got two brothas we know and there could be a whole bunch of brothas they got already. What's the next move?
Detective Latoya
Don't ever, ever say that I don't do nothin for y'all. Oh, white girls... they get you every time.
Friendship Advice in Awkward Situations
Rod Williams
I'm mad at you because you never take my advice.
Chris Washington
Like what?
Rod Williams
Like don't go to a white girl's parents house. What is she doin'? Lickin your balls or somethin'?
Irony of a Blind Art Dealer
Jim Hudson
Believe me, the irony of being a blind art dealer isn't lost on me.
The Fashion of Identity and Change
Chris Washington
Why us? Why black people?
Jim Hudson
Who knows? People want to change. Some people want to be stronger...faster...cooler. Black is in fashion.
A Tense Departure from a Social Gathering
Jeremy Armitage
Yo man, where are you going? The party is just starting.
Chris Washington
I'm just putting the bags in the car, man.
Missy Armitage
Would anyone like tea?
Chris Washington
No I'm good. We're leaving, actually.
Missy Armitage
Really? Why? Is there something wrong?
Rose Armitage
His dog got really sick, so he has to be at the vet first thing in the morning.
Chris Washington
Sorry.
Missy Armitage
How terrible.
Chris Washington
Rose, the keys.
Rose Armitage
I'm looking.
Dean Armitage
What is your purpose, Chris?
Chris Washington
What?
Dean Armitage
In life. What is your purpose?
Chris Washington
Right now it's finding those keys.
Dean Armitage
Fire. It is a reflection of our own mortality. We are born, we breathe and then we die.
Rose Armitage
I'm looking.
Dean Armitage
Even the sun will die someday. But we are divine. We are the gods trapped in cocoons.
Rose Armitage
I don't know where they are.
[digging in her purse]
Chris Washington
Rose, give me those keys. Give me those keys! Rose, now, now! The keys!
Jeremy Armitage
Whoa, be careful, bro.
Chris Washington
What the fuck?
Jeremy Armitage
I didn't do anything.
Chris Washington
What the fuck is going on? Where are those keys, Rose?
Rose Armitage
You know I can't give you the keys, right babe?
[holds up the keys]
Hypnosis Revelation Among Friends
Chris Washington
I didn't even want to tell you.
Rod Williams
What?
Chris Washington
I got hypnotized last night.
Rod Williams
Nigga, get the fuck outta here!
Chris Washington
No. Yo, yo, yeah it's to quit smoking. But Rose's mom's a psychiatrist, so ...
Rod Williams
Bro I don't care if the bitch is ], okay? She can't fix my motherfucking life. You ain't getting in my head.
[[w:Iyanla Vanzant|Iyanla Vanzant]
Chris Washington
I know, she caught me off guard, right? But it's cool because... I'm cured. It worked!
Rod Williams
Bro, how you not scared of this, man? Look they could have made you do all types of stupid shit. They have you fuckin barking like a dog. Flyin around like you a fuckin pigeon, lookin ridiculous. Okay? Or, I don't know if you know this. But, white people love making people sex slaves and shit.
Chris Washington
Yeah I'm pretty sure they are not a kinky sex family, dog.
Rod Williams
Look, ] was eating the shit out of niggas heads. Okay? But that was after he fucked the heads. Do you think they saw that shit coming? Hell no, okay? They were coming over there like "Imma suck a little dick, maybe jiggle some balls or shit." No. They didn't get a chance to jiggle shit because their heads was off their bodies. Yeah they still sucked the dick, but without their heads. It was weird detached heads shit. You know, that's Jeffrey Dahmer's business.
[[Jeffrey Dahmer]
Chris Washington
Thanks for that image right there, man.
Rod Williams
Hey man, I'm not making this shit up. I saw it on ]. That is real life.
[[W:A & E|A & E]
Chris Washington
Yo, and the black people out here too. It seems like they all missed the movement.
Rod Williams
It's because they probably hypnotized. Look bro, all I'm doin is connectin the dots. I'm takin what you presented to me, okay? I'm gonna tell you this, I think that mom is puttin everybody in a trance and she's fuckin the shit out of em.
Jim Hudson
I used to dabble myself. Wilderness mostly. I submitted to ] 14 times before realizing I didn't have the eye. I began dealing. Then, of course, my vision went to shit.
[[W:National Geographic|Nat Geo]
Chris Washington
Damn.
Jim Hudson
I know. Life can be a sick joke. One day you're developing prints in the dark room and the next day you wake up - in the dark. Genetic disease.
Chris Washington
Shit ain't fair, man.
Jim Hudson
Oh, you got that right! Shit ain't fair.
Historical Reflections on Race and Competition
Dean Armitage
Here, you're going to love this. My Dad's claim to fame. He was beat by ] in the qualifying round for the ] in 1936. Those were the ones where...
[[w:Jesse Owens|Jesse Owens; [w:1936 Summer Olympics|Berlin Olympics]
Chris Washington
Owens won in front of ].
[[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]
Dean Armitage
Yes, what a moment, what a moment. I mean, Hitler's up there with all his perfect Aryan race bullshit. This black dude comes along and proves him wrong in front of the entire whole world. Amazing.
Chris Washington
Not great for your dad, though.
Dean Armitage
Yeah. He almost got over it.