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Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, John Turturro, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito, and Bill Nunn in Do the Right Thing (1989)

John Savage: Clifton

Do the Right Thing

John Savage credited as playing...

Clifton

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  • Buggin' Out: You almost knocked me down, man. The word is "excuse me."
  • Clifton: Ah, excuse me, I'm sorry.
  • Buggin' Out: Not only did ya knock me down, you stepped on my brand-new white Air Jordans I just bought, and that's all you can say is "excuse me"?
  • Clifton: What, are you serious?
  • Buggin' Out: Yeah, I'm serious, I'll fuck you up quick two times.
  • Ahmad: Two times.
  • Buggin' Out: Who told you to step on my sneakers, who told you to walk on my side of the block, who told you to be in my neighborhood?
  • Clifton: I own this brownstone.
  • Buggin' Out: Who told you to buy a brownstone on my block, in my neighborhood, on my side of the street? Yo, what you wanna live in a Black neighborhood for, anyway? Man, motherfuck gentrification.
  • Buggin' Out: Why don't you go back to Massachusetts?
  • Clifton: I was born in Brooklyn!

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