[bdic]

A crowd gathers.

DA MAYOR
Doctor, there's nothing to cry
about. You're OK.

A woman in her twenties, LOUISE, Eddie's mother, breaks
through the crowd and hugs her baby.

LOUISE
What's wrong?

61.


EDDIE
Mayor knocked me down.

LOUISE
You should be ashamed of yourself.

DA MAYOR
Ma'am, the boy is just scared to
death. What actually happened is
that I was minding my business when
I saw your son about to be run over.
I ran into the street to save him
and I had to knock him down to keep
the both of us from getting hit.

The crowd agrees "That's the way it happened," and Louise
stands up.

LOUISE
Eddie, is that the truth?

Eddie is quiet.

LOUISE
Eddie, you hear me talkin' to you?

Eddie is still mum.

LOUISE
I'm talkin' to you, boy.

DA MAYOR
Miss, the boy is fine.

WHAP! Louise hits Eddie on da butt. Eddie starts to dance,
as his mother hits hard; she's heavy-handed.

LOUISE
What I tell you 'bout lying?

WHOP!

LOUISE
What did I tell you 'bout playing
in the street?

WHAP!

EDDIE
Mommy! Mommy! I'm sorry. I'm
sorry.

WHOP!

62.


LOUISE
Get upstairs now.

Eddie runs away.

LOUISE
And when your father comes home,
he's gonna wear ya little narrow
behind out too.

DA MAYOR
You didn't have to hit your son;
he's scared to death as it was.

LOUISE
I appreciate ya helping my Eddie.
I truly do, but I'll have nobody
question how I raise him, not even
his Daddy.

DA MAYOR
You're right.

Louise goes away, probably to give her son another
"whooping." Da Mayor tips his hat to her.

INT: SAL'S FAMOUS PIZZERIA--DUSK

Sal sits at a table talking to Jade as she finishes her
"special" slice.

JADE
Sal, that was delicious.

SAL
Anytime.

Vito, Pino, and Mookie look on, watching Sal have the time
of his life.

JADE
Thanks.

Jade gets up and Mookie helps her.

MOOKIE
I'll see you out.

JADE
See ya around.

SAL
Don't wait too long to come back.

63.


EXT: SAL'S FAMOUS PIZZERIA--DUSK

Mookie takes Jade by the hand and pulls her out of view from
Sal.

ANGLE--MOOKIE AND JADE

MOOKIE
Jade, I don't want you coming in
here no mo'.

JADE
Stop tripping.

MOOKIE
No, you're tripping. Don't come in
Sal's. Alright, read my lips.

JADE
What are you so worked up about?

MOOKIE
Over Sal, the way he talks and the
way he looks at you.

JADE
He's just being nice.

MOOKIE
Nice!

JADE
He's completely innocent.

MOOKIE
Innocent!

JADE
I didn't stutter. You heard me.

MOOKIE
You should see the way he looks at
you. All Sal wants to do is hide
the salami.

JADE
You are too crude.

MOOKIE
I might be, but you're not welcome
here.

64.


JADE
Stop trying to play big brother.
I'm a grown woman. You gotta lotta
nerve. Mookie, you can hardly pay
your rent and you're gonna tell me
what to do. Come off it.

MOOKIE
One has nuthin' to do with the other.

JADE
Oh, it doesn't, huh! You got your
little 250 dollars a week plus
tips...

MOOKIE
I'm getting paid...

JADE
...peanuts.

MOOKIE
Pretty soon I'll be making a move.

JADE
I truly hope so. I'm tired of
supporting a grown man.

INT: CONTROL BOOTH--DUSK

CLOSE--MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY

MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY
As the evening slowly falls upon us
living here in Brooklyn, New York,
this is ya Love Daddy rappin' to
you. Right now we're gonna open up
the Love Lines. Hello, you're on
Love Daddy's Love Line. No names,
please. Let's keep it anonymous.

FEMALE VOICE #1 (VO)
Hi, Mister Señor Love Daddy. I'd
kiss your feet every morning,
that's how much I love you.

MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY
How nice of you.

FEMALE VOICE #2 (VO)
I think you have the sexiest voice
in the world. All you have to do
is talk.

65.


MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY
Love Line, you're on.

FEMALE VOICE #3 (VO)
You give me fever.
(she moans)


MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY
She's feeling it.

FEMALE VOICE #4 (VO)
Love Daddy, I'd work in Mickey D's
24, 7, and 365 just to call you my
own. Give you all my money, honey.

MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY
That was the last call for tonight
on Mister Señor Love Daddy's Love
Line. I love you. You I love.

EXT: MOTHER SISTER'S STOOP--NIGHT

Da Mayor is walking by Mother Sister in her window when she
calls him.

CLOSE--MOTHER SISTER

MOTHER SISTER
Mister Mayor, I saw what you did.

ANGLE--DA MAYOR

Da Mayor stops and looks at her. A smile comes to his face;
after eighteen years has he finally broken down her defenses?

CLOSE--MOTHER SISTER

MOTHER SISTER
That was a foolish act, but it was
brave. That chile owes you his life.

CLOSE--DA MAYOR

DA MAYOR
I wasn't trying to be a hero. I
saw what was about to happen and I
reacted, didn't even think. If I
did, I might not have done it in
second thought. Da Mayor is an old
man, haven't run that fast in years.
(MORE)

66.


DA MAYOR (CONT'D)
I went from first to home on a bunt
single, scored the winning run, the
bottom of the ninth, two out,
August 1, 1939, Snow Hill, Alabama.
(he is warming up now)
Maybe I should be heroic more often.

CLOSE--MOTHER SISTER

MOTHER SISTER
Maybe you shouldn't. Don't get
happy. This changes nothing
between you and me. You did a good
thing and Mother Sister wanted to
thank you for it.

ANGLE--STOOP

DA MAYOR
I thank you.

MOTHER SISTER
You're welcome.

Da Mayor tips his hat.

INT: SAL'S FAMOUS PIZZERIA--NIGHT

Mookie enters.

MOOKIE
Sal, I don't care if you fire me
this exact minute, leave my sister
alone.

SAL
Mookie, I don't know what you're
talking about, plus I don't want to
hear it.

MOOKIE
Sal, just do me a favor, leave Jade
alone.

SAL
Here, you gotta delivery.

Mookie takes the pie and looks at the address.

MOOKIE
Is this the right name and address?

67.


SAL
Yeah, do you know 'em?

MOOKIE
No, just checking.

INT: HALLWAY--NIGHT

Mookie rings the bell and a fine Puerto Rican sister answers
the door.

MOOKIE
Delivery from Sal's Famous Pizzeria.

TINA
What took you so long? Is it hot?

MOOKIE
Hot. Hot.

TINA
Come in then.

INT: TINA'S APARTMENT--NIGHT

Tina watches Mookie watch her. When she's through watching,
she takes the pizza from his hands and puts it on the floor.
Mookie grabs her and starts to kiss. Tina is Mookie's
woman, the one he's been on the phone with earlier. We've
heard the voice and now SEE the person.

MOOKIE
Tina, you are too slick.

TINA
How else was I going to get you
here? I haven't seen you in a week.

MOOKIE
I've been working hard, getting paid.

TINA
Where's the ice cream? The Häagen-
Dazs butter pecan?

MOOKIE
Shit! I forgot.

TINA
Your memory is really getting bad.

MOOKIE
I just forgot.

68.


TINA
And I really wanted some ice cream
too.

MOOKIE
I can run out and get it.

TINA
No! No! You won't come back either.

MOOKIE
I can't be staying long anyway.

TINA
How long then?

MOOKIE
Long enough for us to do the nasty.

TINA
That's out. No! It's too hot!
You think I'm gonna let you get
some, put on your clothes, then run
outta here and never see you again
in who knows when?

MOOKIE
A quickie is good every once in a
blue moon.

TINA
You a blue-moon fool.

MOOKIE
Then we'll do something else.

TINA
What else?

MOOKIE
Trust me.

TINA
Trust you? Because of trusting you
we have a son. Remember your son?

MOOKIE
Trust me.

Mookie pushes Tina back into her bedroom.

69.


INT: TINA'S BEDROOM--NIGHT

Mookie sits Tina down on her futon bed, turns off the
lights, and turns on WE LOVE RADIO as Mister Señor Love
Daddy serenades them with slow jams.

MOOKIE
I'm gonna take off ya clothes.

TINA
Mookie, I told you already it's too
fucking hot to make love.

MOOKIE
Why you gotta curse?

TINA
I'm sorry, but no rawness is
jumping off tonight.

MOOKIE
No rawness.

He laughs his sinister laugh.

ANGLE--MOOKIE AND TINA

Mookie unsnaps her bra, then pulls her panties off. Tina is
naked as a jaybird.

MOOKIE
Tina, you're sweating.

TINA
Of course I'm sweating. I'm
burning up. It's hot, moron, only
a hundred degrees in here.

MOOKIE
Lie down, please.

He gets up.

INT: TINA'S KITCHEN

Mookie walks into the kitchen and sees CARMEN, Tina's
mother, fixing some food on the stove.

MOOKIE
Hello, Mrs. Rampolla.

Carmen stares at him, it's a look that would definitely stop
traffic, she mutters some Spanish and goes into her bedroom,
slamming the door behind her.