Jacob Quote #141
Quote from Jacob in Wrong Delivery
Jacob: Open your ears, listen with your minds. Assuming everybody here has seen Pocahontas... [silence] The original Avatar. [silence] Really? [knock on door] Oh, class, this is Mr. Eddie. This is the guy I was telling you about.
Gregory: What have you been telling them? N-Never mind. Can I talk to you for a minute?
Jacob: Okay, everyone, give a couple besties a moment to, uh, flap the gums.
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Quote from Barbara
Mr. Johnson: Don't take it so hard. Everybody gets dumped. If it can happen to Michael B. Jordan, it can happen to you.
Barbara: Now, that white boy sure can act. Ooh! I love those Back to the Future movies.
Together: Michael J. Fox.
Barbara: Hmm?
Quote from Mr. Johnson
Mr. Johnson: It's risky, but it could work. And you probably won't get your tires slashed. You ever heard of Martha and the Vandellas? Well, I dumped Martha, but I'm pretty sure the Vandellas vandalized my car.
Gregory: I would like to not have my tires slashed, so...
Quote from Barbara
Barbara: Well, if they do go with a Black actor, I hope they go with that Mr. Brian Austin Green. I'm so proud of that young man and all of his success.
Gregory: Uh...
Janine: Tuh-tuh-tuh!
[aside to camera:]
Janine: So, there are a bunch of white celebrities who Barbara thinks are Black. Like, Brian Austin Green would be Brian Tyree Henry.
[flashback to Barbara greeting her class:]
Barbara: Ooh, I see you, little Carrie Underwood. Good morning.
[aside to camera:]
Jacob: Kerry Washington.
[flashback to Barbara and Melissa leaving the school:]
Barbara: I'm going straight home, put on a little Millie Bobby Brown.
[aside to camera:]
Melissa: Bobby Brown.
[flashback to Barbara walking in the hallway with Ava:]
Barbara: No one's done more for Black actors than Tommy Lee Jones.
[aside to camera:]
Ava: James Earl Jones.
[aside to camera:]
Janine: And we just let her keep thinking that. It's easier.