The important thing is to be realistic. We all like you. You know that. But you're a nigger and a lawyer is no realistic goal for a nigger ...
Malcolm X (1992)
OSTROWSKI
A screenplay character in Malcolm X (1992).
- lines
- 2
- words
- 67
- scenes
- 2
- dialogue
- 0.5%
- avg words / line
- 34
- shortest / longest
- 29 / 38
Sample dialogue
•.. Think about something you can be. You're good with your hands. People would give you work. 1 would myself. Why don't you become a carpenter? That's a good profession for a nigra. Wasn't your pa a carpenter?
scene 25, source scene 36A — INT, OSTROWSKI'S CLASSROOM• DAYThe important thing is to be realistic. We all like you. You know that. But you're a nigger and a lawyer is no realistic goal for a nigger ...
scene 23, source scene 35 — INT. OSTROWSKI'S CL..ASSROOH • DAY
Bookends
•.. Think about something you can be. You're good with your hands. People would give you work. 1 would myself. Why don't you become a carpenter? That's a good profession for a nigra. Wasn't your pa a carpenter?