Paradise (I) (2013)
Octavia Spencer: Loray
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Quotes
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Lamb Mannerheim : I realized we *do* have something in common.
Loray : We do, huh?
Lamb Mannerheim : Yeah. You don't have any black friends, either.
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Loray : Maybe it's just a Tuesday night, and I'm trying to be your magical a negro?
Lamb Mannerheim : Um, my what?
William : No! No!
Loray : Magical negro. Magical negro is a narrative convention in which a black person uses her special black wisdom to help a white person in need.
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Lamb Mannerheim : I'm not a show girl.
Loray : Nobody cares what you are, hon.
Lamb Mannerheim : I care very much. I care about the message that I send out into the world. Besides, I could never do that anyway, people would stare. My skin.
Loray : Yeah, well I got a skin condition too. It's called black. "People would stare."
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Loray : There *are* girls here that are looking stupid on purpose. At least you can't help it.
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Loray : The last time someone Googled me, there was no Google - they had to Alta Vista that shit.