Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

Kezii Curtis: Boy

Quotes 

• [At the "Dolemite" premiere, Rudy sees a boy and his father waiting anxiously outside. In lieu of going inside right away, he turns and walks back to them] 

  Rudy Ray Moore : Hey, Little Man! You old enough to be out this late?

  [the boy and his dad can't believe Dolemite is talking to them!] 

  Boy's Father : [proudly]  Aw, he just can't stop talkin' about you! He's always doing your shit!

  Boy : [excited]  I love your rhymin', Rudy! It's so bad!

  Rudy Ray Moore : [playful]  I ain't bad! YOU Bad!

  Boy : I do your rhymin', just like Dolemite! But then I make it about *me*!

  [Laying down a beatbox beat, the boy begins to recite his own Dolemite rhymes] 

  Boy : [rapping]  You heard about Dolemite and Shine and the Titanic / But there's a new kid around who's gonna be gigantic! / I live in the hood, but that can't hold me! / I'm gonna move to Beverly Hills, and don't you try to scold me!

  [Rudy grins and joins. They start circling each other] 

  Rudy Ray Moore : [rapping]  Hey boy, who do you think you are? / Don't you know you can't topple the world's greatest star?

  Boy : Ha!

  [rapping] 

  Boy : When it comes to rhymin', / I was through with it, / before you old chumps / ever knew what to do with it!

  Rudy Ray Moore : Oh yeah?

  [rapping] 

  Rudy Ray Moore : I chained down thunder and / handcuffed lightning! / I'm so damn strong it's sometimes fright'ning!

  Boy : [rapping]  I use an earthquake to make my milkshake!

  Rudy Ray Moore : [startled]  Hey, that's my line!

  Boy : No more!

  [rapping] 

  Boy : 'Cause Mighty Donald is my name...

  Rudy Ray Moore , Boy : [rapping together]  And fucking up motherfuckers is my game!

  [Rudy and the kid break into laughter. Rudy is delighted. He winks at the boy and pats him on the back] 

  Rudy Ray Moore : [to the boy]  Son, you got the gift! Don't let *no one* tell you you can't be whatever you want.

  [to the dad] 

  Rudy Ray Moore : You done good.