Mo' Better Blues (1990)

Joie Lee: Indigo Downes

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• Bleek : Bleek, you know what my mother used to tell me? She used to say, ''Don't ever marry a musician, let alone go out with one.'' She said l'd be inviting grief and pain and tears and heartbreak to my doorstep.

  Bleek : Your mother wasn't talking about me.

  Indigo Downes : Maybe not. You're a good brother, Bleek, but you still don't know what you want.

  Bleek : Guess it's time for confessions of a modern-day dog, huh?

  Indigo Downes : Well, like it or not, you're a dog. You are a dog. You're a good doggy, a nice dog, but you're a dog nonetheless.

  Bleek : What can l say? l'm not going to argue the point. You know how l am.

• Bleek : Shall we go upstairs? Would you like to talk about it upstairs?

  Indigo Downes : We might, could.

  Bleek : We might, could? Oh!

  Indigo Downes : Come on, now. l'm not waitin' anymore.

  Bleek : We might, could! You know, l used coulda, woulda, shoulda, woulda, would. That sounds like a good song.

• Bleek : Black queen. l mean, my slice of pie. The apple of my eye. My chicken thigh, extra spicy. Ham, Spam. Eggs and bacon, chicken and waffles. From Wilsons. How you doing, baby? You're looking good to me.

  Indigo Downes : What happened to you, Bleek?

  Bleek : What happened to me?

  Indigo Downes : l've been waiting for twenty years.

  Bleek : Twenty? My watch must be going slow, lt says 15 years, but l'll get it fixed.

• Indigo Downes : You always avoid direct eye contact, you know that? Are you afraid of something? Are you afraid that l might see the real you? Huh? Answer me. Come on, answer me.