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[ hip-hop music plays ]

Curtis: what the...?

Are you kids crazy?!

Cut this hippity-hoppity music

Off.

I said, turn it off!

[ music stops ]

You all done lost your mind.

Where's your daddy?

Jazmine: over there.

Curtis: over where?

Jazmine: right there!

See him?

Curtis: c.J.? C.J.?!

C.J.: yeah, unc?

Curtis: you done lost your

Mind in this place.

Are you crazy?

How can you sleep with all this

Loud music?

C.J.: I just --

Curtis: don't talk while I'm

Talking.

Now, what's going on?

Why does my place look like a

Tornado ran through my house?

Will you answer me when I'm

Talking to you?

C.J.: you just said --

Curtis: never mind.

Never mind.

Get up and...

Ugh.

You smell like hot garbage!

C.J.: will you stop yelling?

Curtis: I'll stop yelling

When you stop smelling!

Go take a shower.

Ugh.

Y'all, clean this mess up.

Jazmine: I believe in women's

Rights.

I think that men should clean

Up.

Curtis: well, when you become

A woman, we'll talk about it.

For right now, clean this mess

Up!

Calvin: [ laughs ]

You got 'em cleaning up, huh,

Pop?

Good.

Curtis: who ate up my cereal?

Calvin: I only had a little

Bit, but I saved you some.

Curtis: I don't want some.

I want all!

And where's my toy?

Calvin: I got it.

Jazmine: you had it the last

Time.

It's mine.

Curtis: no...

It's mine!

This is my cereal, okay?

I bought this cereal...

For the toy.

Don't touch what don't belong to

You!

Now clean this mess up!

And get off the sofa!

Ugh.

Jazmine: I'll bet you $5 that

He didn't take his medication

Today.

Curtis: I'm serious, ella,

He needs to get back to work.

It's been several weeks since we

Went to the crack house and

Found janine.

Ella: curtis, he needs some

Time.

Curtis: how much time

Do he need?

He done had enough time!

Shoot, if you left me, I'd be

Over it in a week.

Two weeks, tops.

Ella: ha, please!

I left you at the mall,

Remember, for a minute, and you

Started crying.

Curtis: that's 'cause you

Left me with calvin.

Anyway, we ain't talking about

Me and you.

We talking about c.J. And

Janine.

Ella: curtis, this is bigger

Than janine.

The man just found out that his

Wife not only is addicted to

Drugs, but that she burned down

His house!

I think he has earned the right

To be in a funk.

Curtis: well, does he have to

Be funky while he in a funk?

Ella: curtis.

Curtis: I know he's having a

Hard time, but he's got to get

Back to work, ella.

[ door opens ]

C.J.: here you go, aunt ella.

I got everything on your list.

And I put the groceries on the

Counter.

Ella: no, baby, keep that

Change.

Curtis: the hell -- it's my

Change.

From my money, for my food.

And when you go back to work,

Then you'll have change from

Your money.

Ella: here, baby. Hold this.

I got to get out of here.

Ready? Pull.

Oh! Thank you.

C.J.: you're welcome.

Ella: this is so pretty.

Have a seat, c.J., and talk to

Your uncle.

C.J.: [ sighs ]

Curtis: look, c.J., I know

You're having a hard time, son.

But your kids need you.

C.J.: yeah, yeah, I know,

Unc.

I just never been through

Anything like this before,

You know?

Curtis: you have a unique

Situation.

C.J.: janine had her problems

But at least she kept the house

Together.

I mean, just doing jazmine's

Hair alone takes at least three

Hours out of my day.

Curtis: look here, man.

You want to bounce back, right?

Go back to work, c.J.

C.J.: can I take a little

Time to think about it?

Curtis: of course you can.

Take all the time you need.

Okay, time's up.

What's the answer?

What's the answer, c.J.?

Okay, I'll give you two more

Minutes! That's it!

I will not be ignored!

[ whimpering ]

As I lay me down to sleep --

Ella: curtis, what's going

On?

Curtis: the boy's a poof!

Ella: what?

Curtis: a poof, ella.

A tambourine player.

Ella: what are you talking

About?

Curtis: the boy is gay!

Ella: wait, wait, wait.

Curtis: he's downstairs right

Now with some pink, fuzzy

Ballerina thing around his neck.

Ella: malik?

Curtis: yes!

Ella: and he's wearing what?

Curtis: a pink, fuzzy

Ballerina...Thing!

Ella: [ laughs ]

A tutu?

Curtis: yeah, that.

Ella: [ laughs ]

Curtis, malik is not gay.

Do you remember calvin when

He put my little panties on his

Head, and he was parachuting out

Of the imaginary plane?

Duh!

Curtis: [ laughs ]

Yeah, I remember that.

But them wasn't no little

Panties.

Ella: watch it.

Curtis: them was big-ass

Drawers.

Ella: curtis.

Curtis: that's probably what

They used to cover up the

Weapons of mass destruction.

That's why they never found

Them.

Hey, we could use them

Drawers to open up a circus, use

It as a tent.

$10 a head. Get paid.

[ laughs ]

Hey, if we want to get the house

Fumigated, we'll just put them

Drawers over it, kill all the

Termites.

People won't get hurt from the

The gas.

Oh. You right.

You mad?

Don't be mad.

Ella: mnh-mnh.

Curtis, come on.

I think that malik is just

Playing dress-up.

Curtis: well, why can't he

Dress as a boxer or a football

Player or something?

Ella: curtis, just give it

A rest, please.

Curtis: I got it.

I got it.

If c.J. Gets an apartment, and I

Can have my castle back, and he

Can spend more time with the

Kids, and then malik will be

Right.

Ella: malik is fine now.

Curtis: you know what?

We could keep jazi.

No, she's doomed.

Her mother's a crackhead and an

Arsonist and a thief.

And her father won't go to work,

And in 10 years, her brother's

Gonna be grand marshal at the

Gay pride parade.

Ella: curtis, for the last

Time, malik is fine.

And you need to leave c.J.

Alone.

Curtis: oh, look here!

They got an apartment on

Edgewood.

$300.

Good thing I taught him how to

Run.

Of course, malik might get

Beat down. He's a little slow.

Ella: curtis, c.J. And those

Kids are not staying on

Edgewood.

And he can't even afford to

Leave right now.

Curtis: I want my house back,

Ella!

What do you think if we gave

C.J. Some of our retirement

Money?

Would you mind?

Ella: curtis, wait, are you

Serious, or are you being a

Butt?

Curtis: both.

Ella: well, I think it's

Sweet.

I don't know if I agree, but I

Think it is sweet.

Curtis: then that's it.

That's what we gonna do.

[ sighs ]

Glad that's over with.

Now...

* time for that good, good

Lovin' *

Ella: no, no, no, brother.

No, no, no.

Curtis: wait, what?

Ella: big drawers, remember?

Curtis: what -- you still mad

About that?

Ella: yeah.

Curtis: stop skipping through

The house.

Man down! Man down!

Get up.

You all right?

Malik: yeah.

Curtis: you all right?

Are you all right?!

Malik: mm-hmm.

Curtis: okay, well, then

Plant your feet, man.

Stop skipping through the house!

Stand up!

You got to be prepared for

Anything, all right?

Malik: even in the house?

Curtis: look, malik, it's a

Big world out there.

And I'm gonna get you

Ready for it.

All right?

Malik: all right.

Curtis: all right.

[ growling ]

Calvin: pop, I just bought

You some more frooty hoops.

Malik: frooty hoops!

I love frooty hoops!

Curtis: I bet you do, son.

Calvin: ooh, and I'm right on

Time for some.

Curtis: hold on, calvin.

Don't I pay for your meal plan

At school?

Calvin: yeah, but they don't

Have frooty hoops.

Curtis: hey.

C.J.: hey.

Curtis: good to see you out

The room.

C.J.: yeah, today's a

Different day.

Malik, I need to talk to your

Uncle, so why don't you take

Your cereal and go on in the

Living room and watch tv with

Your sister?

Malik: I got to do her hair

Anyway.

C.J.: so, unc, I was thinking

About what you said.

And I think I'm ready to go back

To work.

Curtis: oh, well, good.

That's great!

C.J.: great!

Calvin: excellent!

Both: was anybody talking to

You?

Calvin: hey, I'm a college

Student.

I'm just trying to help y'all

Expand y'all vocabulary.

C.J.: look, uncle c, I know

It's tough having us all around.

And the last thing I wanted to

Do was to move into your home.

Curtis: yeah, that's the last

Thing we wanted you to do.

Well, c.J., you're my brother's

Son.

You're family.

And we...Uh...Ah...

C.J.: what?

What was that?

Curtis: [ mumbling ]

C.J.: what?

Curtis: love you.

Calvin: pop, I'm your son,

And you never tell me you love

Me.

Curtis: that's 'cause I

Don't.

Calvin: see? See?

That's the problem with men.

We don't know how to express our

Emotions.

We don't know how to tell

Another brother, "I love you."

Curtis: malik do.

Anyway.

Look, me and your aunt was

Talking.

And we think it's time for you

To consider getting your own

Place, c.J.

C.J.: well, I really can't do

That right now.

I can't afford it.

I got a mortgage and no house.

Curtis: we've already

Considered that.

That's why we've decided to give

You some of our retirement

Money.

Calvin: hold the hell up.

If you die, what am I gonna get?

Curtis: if you say "Hold the

Hell up" to me again, you gonna

Die first.

C.J.: I can't do that.

I really can't take your money.

Curtis: I insist, c.J.

C.J.: look, uncle curtis,

Thanks for the offer.

I really appreciate it.

But I think I'm gonna figure

This out on my own.

Curtis: okay, well, I tried.

But look here -- while you're

Staying here, do me a favor.

Pay more attention to your

Family.

Malik is gay.

[ snaps fingers ]

Ella: ooh.

Hey, guys, I brought lunch.

Calvin, can you please go get

That lunch?

Whoo!

C.J.: ooh!

Ooh, I found a house.

"3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, 2-car

Garage, huge yard...

For $50,000!"

I better call them right away.

Ella: $50,000?

Wait a minute.

Let me see that.

Uh-oh.

C.J., baby, you don't want this

House.

C.J.: why not?

Ella: "Recently burned

In a fire...

From an owner who did not have

Insurance...

Whose wife was on drugs."

C.J.: it said all that?

Ella: uh-oh.

Curtis: that's it, boy!

Stay on your knees until the

Lord getteth thee out of my

Houseth!

And don't worry about that

Crackhead.

[ as schwarzenegger ] She'll be

Back.

[ laughs ]

Ella: curtis!

Curtis: [ normal voice ] I'm

Just saying, crackheads always

Backtrack.

Everybody knows that.

C.J.: aunt ella, even if I

Could afford it, I don't think I

Could do this by myself.

Ella: you don't have to.

You got family.

C.J.: it's not the same.

I kind of need my wife.

You know, it still upsets me

That I didn't know she had that

Problem.

Ella: sometimes we only see

What we want to see.

C.J.: yeah, you're right

About that.

I just hope I can be strong for

My kids.

Ella: you will.

Honey, you find strength in

Strange places, which is why you

Don't need to be trying to find

A place to stay.

You need family.

So, you can stay with us for as

Long as you like.

Right, curtis?

Curtis!

Curtis: I'm not talking to

You!

C.J.: wait, wait, aunt ella.

Do you have any idea why uncle c

Thinks malik is gay?

Ella: yes.

He saw him wearing a tutu last

Night.

Calvin: a tutu?

Ella: don't worry about

It, baby.

He'll grow out of it.

C.J.: the tutu or being gay?

Calvin: c.J., your son's

Wearing a tutu?

C.J.: aren't you the one

That said that we need to

Get in touch with our

Emotions, our inner selves?

Calvin: yeah, but we're

Talking about a tutu.

Malik's gone "Too, too" far.

[ television blaring ]

Curtis: hey, kids!

Hey!

Looky here!

I got some stuff for you.

[ television turns off ]

We got some presents!

Jazmine: oh, what did you get

Us?

Curtis: [ laughs ]

Some stuff you gonna find really

Cool.

Here you go, baby.

Uh-oh, you gonna love this, boy!

Wait till you see this one.

Oh, boy, look at that!

What you think?

Malik: it's okay.

Curtis: okay?

Okay, maybe saving lives just

Ain't your thing.

Okay, I got another one for you.

Now, this is gonna get you.

This is gonna get you.

Ta-da!

Jazmine: oh, cool!

Did you get me a karate outfit,

Too?

Curtis: no, hush, baby.

Play with your doll.

You don't like this?

Come on, boy, if you put this

Stuff on, you can be whoever you

Want to be.

When I was little, we used to

Play everything -- cops and

Robbers, cowboys and indians.

Jazmine: is that how you

Became a fireman?

Curtis: fire chief, sweetie.

But, yeah, that probably had

Something to do with it.

Malik: well, I'm not really

Into "Cops and robbers" and

Dressing up.

Curtis: you sure about

That, boy?

Jazmine: is there anything

Else in there for me?

Curtis: no, but if you burp

The doll, it'll vomit on you.

Jazmine: that is so

5-year-old.

Curtis: [ laughs ]

* dun dun daaaa *

Fight night!

What you looking -- boy, you

Don't like boxing?

You lost your mind, boy.

What are you talking about?

You put these things on, boy.

I'm about to -- hey, always put

This to the back.

Okay, that always go -- 'cause

Your thumb's on this side.

Malik: [ squealing ]

Curtis: hey!

Jazmine: he just got knocked

Out!

Malik: [ whimpering ]

Curtis: my bad.

I said, "My bad."

C.J.: whew.

Curtis: "Whew" is right.

Boy, I heard that jump rope.

I thought malik was outside

Double dutching.

C.J.: unc, malik's not gay.

Curtis: I don't understand

Why he's not playing with none

Of the stuff I got him.

Ella: maybe he don't like

None of the stuff you bought

Him.

Curtis: that's the problem,

Ella.

That's why we got to help him.

C.J.: he doesn't need help.

Curtis: if he didn't need

Help, c.J., I wouldn't have

Spent $100 on all this stuff.

Now, you need to toughen him up.

Sock him in the chest or

Something.

[ both laugh ]

Ha ha ha.

Y'all can laugh all you want to.

But I'm telling you, my nephew's

In the other room getting his

Waterdance on while y'all are

Laughing.

C.J.: okay, I will talk to

Him, all right?

And when I do, I promise to

Kick him in his teeth.

[ both laugh ]

Curtis: thank you.

That's a start.

This is a problem, ella!

I'm gonna prove it to you.

Malik!

Ella: curtis, curtis, what

You doing?

Curtis: hush up.

I'm talking to my nephew.

Mind your business.

Ella: curtis, don't you throw

That.

Curtis: hey, nephew.

Malik: [ squeals ]

Curtis: poof!

C.J.: hey, son.

What's up?

Malik: [ laughs nervously ]

Hey, dad.

What you doing?

C.J.: what you doing?

Malik: just chillin'.

C.J.: just...Chillin'?

So, uh...

Is everything okay?

Malik: yeah, I'm okay.

C.J.: if everything's okay,

Uh...Why are you rockin' the

Tutu, man?

Malik: well, it was mom's.

And when she was here, we

Used to dance around the house.

And, you know, it smells like

Her.

C.J.: let me see that.

You're right.

It does smell like her.

Malik: dad, I really miss

Her.

I mean, jazmine and I talk about

Her all the time.

C.J.: yeah.

Yeah, I, uh...I miss her, too,

Son.

And just so you know...

I still love your mother.

I mean, very, very much.

Malik: is she ever coming

Back?

C.J.: well...Your mother, she

Needs help, you know?

And the only thing that we can

Do, as a family, is just pray

For her.

Okay? Can you do that?

Malik: okay.

C.J.: all right.

Go get ready for bed.

My man!

I was worried about you.

[ laughs ]

Hey, malik.

Your uncle thinks

You're gay, man.

Malik: it's all right.

He keeps buying me stuff.

[ laughs ]

By the time I'm 21, I'll be

Driving a hummer!

C.J.: [ laughs ] My man!

I dig your hustle.

Curtis: [ whimpering ]