The Bonfire of the Vanities
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Go get 'em, tiger.
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Why is this case here?
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May I approach the bench, Your Honor?
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Who the hell are you?
:27:13
Assistant District Attorney Kramer.
:27:15
Mr. Kramer, you are new here.
:27:18
Let me explain something to you.
:27:21
This case is what we call a piece of shit.
:27:24
Which, loosely translated,
means you don't have any evidence.

:27:30
Except that District Attorney Weiss
has instructed me to show you--

:27:34
I know who the District Attorney is,
Mr. Kramer.

:27:38
The only reason Mr. Weiss is interested
in this case...

:27:42
...is because Mr. Williams over there...
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...is a white man who lives
in a nice big house in Riverdale.

:27:50
I'm not following you.
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Because it's an election year.
:27:54
Ninety-nine percent of those you shovel
through this court are black...

:27:57
...and the other ninety-nine percent
don't speak English.

:28:01
But they do vote.
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So your boss, the District Attorney,
Mr. Weiss...

:28:07
...who dreams every night
of one day becoming mayor of New York...

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...needs a white man.
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He needs to find him, book him,
and throw him in jail.

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Then everybody likes him.
:28:18
The press and voters like him.
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Even your mother would like him.
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-You following me?
-I am now.

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Now you tell your boss,
"Captain Ahab Weiss"...

:28:29
...that I know he's out there looking
for "the great white defendant."

:28:34
But Mr. Williams, over there, is not it!
:28:39
Don't take it personally.
:28:41
Maybe he didn't like your shoes.
:28:43
You Andruitti?
:28:45
I'm Martin, this is Goldberg.
We just came from Bronx Hospital.

:28:49
Kid named Henry Lamb came in last night
with a broken wrist.

:28:52
They fixed him up and sent him home.
:28:55
This morning, he comes back in
with a concussion.

:28:58
He goes into a coma
and now they say he'll die.


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