Barbershop 2: Back in Business Page #7

We will not be silenced.

When the FBI

gassed the Black Panthers out,

we found a place

to be today.

Thank you, Brother Calvin.

Brother Calvin!

We will continue to provide

books and classes,

food and clothing

through our outreach program.

That's right, brother.

And when the pigs show up,

they're gonna show up with guns.

We ain't gonna do nothin'

but show up with our guns!

Then they gonna start shootin'.

Then we gonna start shootin'!

That's right, brother!

I'm tellin' you, every last

one of them's gonna get shot!

That's right.

Then all of us

is gonna get shot!

And all of us

is gonna die together!

Let's make it happen!

Black power!

Black power!

Black power! Yeah!

Black power!

That's us! Black power!

Power to the people!

Sh*t, man, them fools crazy.

Well, if it ain't Lalowe Sharpton.

My goodness, my goodness.

The barbershop.

How you doin'? Lalowe Brown.

Checker Fred, sir.

How you doin', Checker?

Lalowe Brown.

Good to see you.

How you doin', sir?

My, my.

Well, well, look at this.

Look what we got...

we got a lady barber.

We didn't have this

back in the day.

- What's your name?

- Terri.

- Sarah?

- Terri.

Lalowe's gonna have to come back

and let you give me a little trim.

- Trim?

- A haircut.

Terri, if you wanna be down,

vote Lalowe Brown.

You remember that.

This is Calvin's Barbershop.

This is a cornerstone

of the black community

for some 40-odd years.

I've been coming down here

many a Saturday afternoon,

get myself straight

for Sunday morning.

But I wanna introduce you

to the man himself,

the man who quantifies

and epitomizes

the institutional possibilities

of black hair.

He is a potentiating progenitor

in all kinds of fine ways.

He's my fine friend,

this brother right here, Calvin.

How you doin'?

Calvin Palmer.

- How you doin', son?

- All right.

Calvin, you are a pillar

of this fine community.

How is everything going for you

with all this social change

happening down here?

Well, Mr. Brown, as you know,

there is a lot of change...

There is a lot of change,

and change

is hard sometimes, right?

But if we want to stand

together as a community,

- we will find a way to survive.

- Tell it!

- Tell it, Lo.

- That's right.

You let Lalowe lay it down for you.

If you wanna stay afloat,

we got to...

...you gonna have to

rock the boat.

Because if they want

to send us packin',

baby, it's on and crackin'!

And if they try to mess

with this brother,

then it's gonna be on

like a mother!

That's a little rough.

If you want to stay around,

y'all know what you gotta do.

Vote for Lalowe Brown!

Hey, Calvin, why don't you

get me a little shape-up?

'Cause I've been running around.

- You got a chair for me?

- Yeah, right here.

Of course we got one for you.

Kenard! Kenard!

- Let Kenard cut your hair.

- Hold on, hold on.

Wait a minute. No.

Get on over there, Get-low.

Sit right on down, So-low.

Nice to meet you.

How you doin'?

- Wait a minute.

- It's okay. It's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

Kenard here is one

of our prima donna barbers.

Front chair.

You ain't had

your hair cut till...

- Kenard.

- Yeah.

- Yeah. Let's take a picture.

- Thank you, brother.

Yeah, okay. All right.

Enjoy yourself, Low-below.

You just relax, Down-low.

We on TV, man.

I know. This is must-see TV.

It's gonna be good.

This is why

I love this community,

'cause there's a historical context

for every action that takes place here.

I plan to die here.

We're running short on time.

If we could speed this up?

You can't rush the best, Jimmy.

- He ain't the best.

- He ain't ask you, man.

Well, who's the best, then,

youngblood?

- You the best?

- No doubt. Isaac Rosenberg.

The best barber

in the state of Illinois.

The best barber

on this rock we call Earth.

Come on down to Cal's.

Our rainbow coalition right here.

Yeah, this is integration

right here.

What's up, Ma? Richie?

You're feelin' yourself

way too much.

Don't sweat the technique.

What technique?

You cut like a b*tch.

Carvin' I's in the back

of people's head?

- Your skills is limited.

- My skills are limited?

- Where your skills at?

- This ain't the time.

Ain't in cuttin' hair.

Must be slobbin' Terri in the locker room.

What? No.

You ain't supposed to air our

dirty laundry like that. We on TV.

- What is he talking about?

- Dinka, it wasn't like that.

...of populist politics.

- Thug love! Thug love!

- It was not like that.

Everybody's hatin' on me.

'Cause I'm competent?

- You don't make this shop.

- I have lately.

I will confront all of those

forces that are trying to change,

that are trying

to make things happen.

They don't treat barbers

like this at Nappy Cutz.

Why don't you go find out?

You on that bullshit.

Go find out.

We don't need you around here

if you don't wanna be here.

Fine, man.

All right.

Get out of the chair, man.

No, you stay here.

In November, I plan to establish

this barbershop as my headquarters.

At Calvin's Barbershop,

we're gonna make this institution

one of the leading institutions,

like a torpedo moving towards the future.

Yes, indeed. All right.

Kenard, just a little off the top.

I really think it's time

for us to move along.

Come on, Jimmy,

just two seconds.

My bad, brother.

I skipped you.

Why don't you just let me

fade you up?

- How about a nice Quo Vadis?

- What'd you do to my head?

- Don't even look at that.

- Is that my head?

I'm gonna kill you!

I'm gonna kill you!

You a grown man!

You don't do that to Kenard!

Get out of here!

And far from its roots

as a family establishment,

this was the scene today

at 79th and Exchange

at Calvin's Barbershop when

Alderman Lalowe Brown stopped by

for a photo opportunity

and haircut.

Or shall I say scalping?

Needless to say, I doubt

very seriously if the alderman

will be frequenting

Calvin's Barbershop anytime soon.

Nice.

- Who is it?

- It's Rick.

What do you want?

I wanna talk to you.

I feel bad.

Good. I'm busy.

Open the door.

We gotta talk about this.

- There's nothing to discuss.

- Dinka, I messed up.

What happened

between me and Terri was foul.

It should have never happened.

I didn't mean to hurt you.

I'm sorry.

Apology accepted.

Can we discuss this tomorrow?

You remember Shawna, right?

Hi.

What's up, Shawna?

Handle that.

I'll get at you tomorrow.

Maybe the day after.

You should see her

when I'm drinkin'.

'Cause I know her.

Exactly right, exactly right.

What are you doing here?

The question is,

what you doin' here?

Look a little shady to me.

You come up to my shop today

and got the nerve

to be huddled up with this shark.

Don't come in here accusing me

of some malicious and egregious act

when what you should be doin'

is apologizing

for making me look

like a goddamn fool today.

- That's what you should be doing.

- Lalowe.

Ease up. It's cool.

All right there, youngblood.

Ain't nothin' going on in here,

just business.

- I'll bet.

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