Storytelling

Catherine:
It was confessional, yet dishonest. Jane pretends to be horrified by the sexuality that she in fact fetishizes. She subsumes herself to the myth of black male potency, but then doesn't follow through. She thinks she 'respects Afro-Americans,' she thinks they're 'cool,' 'exotic,' what a notch he 'd make in her belt, but, of course, it all comes down to mandingo cliché, and he calls her on it. In classic racist tradition she demonizes, then runs for cover. But then, how could she behave otherwise? She's just a spoiled suburban white girl with a Benneton rainbow complex. It's just my opinion, and what do I know... but I think it's a callow piece of writing.

Mikey Livingston:
Weren't there high school is El Salvador?

Consuelo:
We had to work. My family was poor.

Mikey Livingston:
It must have been hard being poor.

Consuelo:
I am still poor.

Mikey Livingston:
But Consuelo... even though you're poor, don't you have any hobbies or interests or anything?

Consuelo:
No, Mikey.

Mr. Scott:
Say, "N*gger, f*** me."

Vi:
Oh, but I... I can't... say that.

Mr. Scott:
Say, "Ni..."

Vi:
Ni...

Mr. Scott:
"... gger."

Vi:
...gger.

Mr. Scott:
Say, "N*gger."

Vi:
N*gger.

Mr. Scott:
"F*** me hard."

Vi:
F***... me... hard.

Vi:
Do you... think I have potential... as a writer?

Vi:
Thank you for being honest.

Marty Livingston:
One in a million recover.

Marty Livingston:
Mikey, there's optimism, and then there's stupidity. It's a very fine line.

Scooby Livingston:
I'm not an idiot man. I watch TV.

Mikey Livingston:
Why was he on death row?

Consuelo:
For rape and murder.

Mikey Livingston:
Consuelo, what is rape exactly?

Consuelo:
It is when you love someone and they don't love you and you do something about it.

Mikey Livingston:
Sometimes I thing my parents don't love me.

Consuelo:
Well, when you get older you can do something about it.