Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Dominique Fishback: Deborah Johnson

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• Deborah Johnson : I did not expect you to be shy.

  Fred Hampton : I'm not shy.

  Deborah Johnson : [Scoffs]  Okay.

• Deborah Johnson : [In bed]  Uh, your feet's cold. Why your feet so cold? No, get 'em off of me!

  Fred Hampton : My feet cold, your feet cold.

  Deborah Johnson : No, unless you... They're like...

  Fred Hampton : But that's Socialism, man. Well, you gotta warm 'em up, though. How you think Mao did the Long March, huh? The Chinese would warm these feet left and right.

  Deborah Johnson : You saying I'm a Foot Capitalist? You really gonna' call me a Foot Capitalist, Chairman?

• Fred Hampton : The poet. What a pleasant surprise.

  Deborah Johnson : I saw your ad in the paper, lookin' for a new speechwriter. I figured I'd better come lend a hand.

  Fred Hampton : Well, that must have been a misprint. See, I don't write speeches, sister. I just get up on stage and speak truth to the people.

  Deborah Johnson : Oh, it shows. The lack of preparation, that is.

  Fred Hampton : It got you here.

• Deborah Johnson : Thought your speech was... was really interesting.

  Fred Hampton : Well, thank you, sister.

  Deborah Johnson : Do you like poetry?

  Fred Hampton : I mean, it's cool, but as Che Guevara said... 'Words are beautiful, but action is supreme,' you dig?

  Deborah Johnson : I dig. Right on. But you were up on that stage using words, so... Maybe next time, choose 'em a bit more carefully, instead of tearin' down the folk who you call yourself recruitin', just because they demonstrate a little Black pride. But just so you know, you are a poet.