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:20:01
- so I guess I am by now.
- Umm.

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In this house,
we are Baptists.

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Yes, the good reverend doctor
was the head of his own flock,

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the Hard Rock
Baptist Church.

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The devil and his cohorts conspired
to oust me from my congregation.

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Now, Daddy, you know...
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the devil ain't had
nothin' to do with it.

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It was you... you and your
stubbornness. That's all.

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"For it must needs be that
offenses come into the world;

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but woe unto him
by whom the offense cometh."

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I recognize the devil's
handiwork when I see it.

:20:37
- That's good.
- Please,

:20:39
let's not argue
at the dinner table.

:20:43
Flipper, have you
met Angie's folks?

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Not as of yet.
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Well, my mother passed away
and my father, he's, uh...

:20:54
he's asked me to leave.
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- I'm sorry.
- That's all right.

:20:59
I just don't think
we'll be having dinner there soon.

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Has Flipper told you about
his loving wife and daughter?

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Yes, he has.
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Um, excuse me.
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You think I don't
understand about the white woman...

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committing black adultery,
but I do.

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Now, Daddy,
no sermons, please.

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There was a lot of lynchings
in Willicoochee, Georgia...

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where I come from
when I was a boy.

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Willicoochee, Georgia!
What a name!

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Willicoochee.
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White man say to his woman:
"Baby, you are the flower...

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"of white Southern womanhood,
too holy and pure...

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"to be touched by any man,
including me.

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"I'm gonna put you
up on a pedestal...

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"so the whole world will
fall down and worship you.

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"And if any nigger
so much as look at you,

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I'll lynch his ass."
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She believed him,
thought she really was...

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holy and pure,
like the Virgin Mary.


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