The Crying Game (1992)
Forest Whitaker: Jody
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Jody : ...and as they both sink beneath the waves, the frog cries out, "Why did you sting me, Mr. Scorpion? For now we both will drown!" Scorpion replies, "I can't help it. It's in my nature!"
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Fergus : Why did you sign up?
Jody : It was a job.
Fergus : Ah, yeah, a job.
Jody : So I get sent to the one place in the world where they call you nigger to your face.
Fergus : Shouldn't take it personally.
Jody : Go back to your banana tree, nigger.
[Fergus laughs]
Jody : No use telling them I came from Tottenham.
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Jody : Tell me a story. Tell me anything.
Fergus : When I was a child, I thought as a child. But when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Jody : What does that mean?
Fergus : Nothing.
Jody : Nothing. Tell me something, anything.
[Fergus doesn't respond]
Jody : Not a lot of use, are you Fergus?
Fergus : Me? No. I'm not good for much.
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Jody : You can't just let me loose.
Fergus : Why can't we?
Jody : Not in your nature.
Fergus : What do you know about my nature?
Jody : I'm talking about your people, not you.
Fergus : What the fuck do you know about my people?
Jody : Only that you're all tough, undeluded motherfuckers. And that it's not in your nature to let me go!
Fergus : Shut the fuck up, would you.
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[first lines]
Jody : [playing ring toss at a carnival] Right.
[tosses a ring]
Jody : That.
[tosses a ring]
Jody : And that. And that is cricket, hon.
Jody : [wins a large teddy bear] Do you want it?
Jude : Sure!
Jody : [hands her the teddy bear] Doesn't matter if you don't. You know I won't be offended. Jody's never offended. What'd you say your name was?
Jude : Jude.
Jody : Jude. Why that suits you, Jude.
Jude : The teddy bear?
Jody : No! Fuck this bear. The name: Jude. And it IS Jude, right?
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Jody : Now put it back in. It's only a piece of meat.
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Jody : You wouldn't shoot a brother in the back.
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Jody : You know, I was wrong about one thing. You're no pin-up. You're not handsome at all.
Jimmy : Are you trying to hurt my feelings.
Jody : It's the truth.
Jimmy : I could say the same thing about you but we're kind around these parts.
Jody : You know that lady didn't turn me on.
Jimmy : Didn't look that way to me.
Jody : No Really. Shakes his head affirmatively
Jody : Come here. I want to show you something.
Jimmy : No.
Jody : My inside pocket.
Jimmy : Reaches in Jody's coat pocket
Jody : No not that one.
Jody : Now she's my type.
Jimmy : She would be anyone's type.
Jody : Don't even think about it fucker. She's mine.
Jimmy : Why not?
Jody : She wouldn't suit you anyway.
Jimmy : You're lucky.
Jody : Don't I know it.
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Jody : Well, in Antigua cricket's the black man's game. The kids play it from the age of two. My daddy had me throwing googlies from the age of five. Then we moved to Tottenham and it was something different.
Fergus : How different?
Jody : Toffs' game there. But not at home. So when you come to shoot me, Paddy, remember, you're getting rid of a shit- hot bowler.
Fergus : I'll bear that in mind.
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Jody : The scorpion and the frog. Ever heard of 'em? A scorpion wants to cross a river, but he can't swim. He goes to the frog, who can, and asks for a ride. The frog says, "If I give you a ride on my back, you'll go and sting me!" The scorpion replies, "It would not be in my interest to sting you since as I'll be on your back we both would drown." The frog thinks about this logic for a while and accepts the deal. Takes the scorpion on his back. Braves the waters. Halfway over feels a burning spear in his side and realizes the scorpion has stung him after all. And as they both sink beneath the waves a frog cries out, "Why did you sting me, Mr. Scorpion? For now we both will drown!" The scorpion replies, "I can't help it, it's in my nature."
Fergus : So what's that supposed to mean?
Jody : Means what it says. A scorpion does what is in its nature.
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Jody : There's two kinds of people. Those who give and those who take.
