She's Gotta Have It Page #4

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but she's gotta have it.

One day you're gonna wake up in

this bed, and I'm gonna be long gone.

Do you take me for some

kind of fool or something?

No!

Idiots like

your two friends.

Greer!

What am I supposed to do?

Wait around while you sleep with

Jamie and Mars, of all people?

I never asked

you to wait!

I think

you're sick.

Now, I'm not saying that you're a nympho,

a slut, or a whore, but maybe a sex addict.

If I'm a sex addict, then why

don't you leave me the hell alone?

Nola, I care!

Now, you need

professional help.

A nice lady doesn't go

humping from bed to bed.

Will you please

go see a doctor?

Can you be quiet

for a minute?

Okay, fine! I won't say

anything again, then.

If I'm a sex addict

then I'm going cold turkey!

Greer Childs, you're

numero uno on my list.

Me?

You.

Why me? Now, honey, don't do anything

rash like going on cold turkey.

This has to be handled

very delicately.

I'm the one you should keep. Trust

me. I know what I'm talking about.

Baby...

Don't touch me.

Get off me!

Nola Darling came to my office a

confused and frightened young lady.

It seems as if one of her male

friends told her she was sick.

She started

seeing me once a week.

Gradually she opened up and that's

when we started to make progress.

My whole area of sex therapy is

about trying to get to the feelings.

He can't... I'm as honest

with him as I can be.

I tell him

that's his problem.

Nobody sat down with him and

told him, this is what I'm doing.

Well, Nola, some types

of excessive sexual activity

have all the signals of being an

addiction and can be treated in a fashion

similar to other addictions,

like alcoholism and gambling.

Your friend, if you

choose to call him that,

confuses a healthy sex drive

with sickness.

I am no addict.

Well, it's beyond sex, Nola.

It's something else.

What we're all looking for in this brief

life can be described by the word love.

Do you hear me?

If what you want is total

female sexuality, be honest.

The beautiful sex organ is between

your ears, not between your legs.

I didn't hear from Nola,

so I called her,

and she said she had

regained her self-confidence.

Well, I would have preferred

one or two more sessions,

but she felt

it wasn't necessary.

Nonetheless, in my opinion, Nola

Darling is a healthy human being.

A female doctor?

What does she know?

I didn't need a degree to

know that the girl needed help.

He was the one

with the problem.

The fact is he couldn't

handle it. He got turned out.

Lord, thank you for the food

we are about to receive,

for the nourishment of our

bodies. For Christ's sake, amen.

Amen.

Before we enjoy this meal,

I'd like to know whose

brilliant idea this was.

Who invited you?

And who invited you?

I invited all of you fools.

You were gonna meet sooner or

later, so why let it be an accident?

Maybe she's right.

Let's just enjoy today.

Thank God we all have a lot

to be thankful for.

Like what?

Well, our health

and our careers.

Our careers? Greer, I haven't

had a job in two years.

$50 sneakers

and I gots no job.

Tell me how to do it when times

is hard. Start serving your plates.

Jamie, would you serve

the turkey for me, please?

Sure, dear.

What would you like,

white meat or dark meat?

Man, give me the dark, okay.

Give me some more meat, man.

Those are baby slices.

I'll give you more later, Mars. Hmm?

White, please.

Figures.

This is the first

Thanksgiving I've ever cooked.

The first?

Yeah, the first?

Honey, this food is

absolutely delicious.

Thank you.

Don't listen to him.

It's better than delicious.

Honey, for dessert, try some

of my homemade sweet potato pie.

You'll love it.

Also I brought bottles of

Martinelli's sparkling cider.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

I didn't know.

I didn't know I was

supposed to bring something.

Nola, why didn't you tell me?

You didn't have

to bring anything.

It's okay?

It's okay.

But I didn't bring nothing.

You're fine.

It's okay?

Yeah.

Hey, Nola, did I ever tell you

about the time I met Jesse Jackson?

No.

I didn't tell you?

No.

I thought I told you.

Tell me now.

Yeah, it was like

five years ago, you know?

I was walking down the street

and I saw Jesse Jackson.

Oh, sh*t, I couldn't believe

that. I went over to talk to Jesse.

I said, "Jesse. " You know, we

talked... I said, "Jesse, you know,

"one day you'll make a good

President of these United States. "

Look what happened.

He ran.

It was me, Mars Blackmon.

I gave him the idea,

"Run, Jesse, run. "

It was my idea,

"Run, Jesse, run. "

Lies! Lies!

Greer, who you

calling a liar?

You heard what I said.

I believe you.

Thank you, Nola,

it's the truth.

Who'd you vote for?

Ronnie baby?

Why do you always stick up for

this... This chain snatcher?

Chain snatcher?

I didn't snatch this.

I bought this.

This is 18-karat gold.

I did not snatch this! What do

you know? You're a Celtic fan.

Nola, what did you expect to accomplish

by bringing us all together like this?

To share

Thanksgiving with me.

Wait a minute, wait a minute,

wait a minute.

Jamie, let's settle this

between you and me.

Once and for all,

man to man.

What about me?

What about you?

You ain't down, so chill.

I don't believe you.

This is a quarter

here, right? Right?

I don't believe this.

Heads? Tails.

Call it in the air, okay?

You gonna call it

in the air?

Yeah, Mars. You gonna

call it? You gonna call it?

In the air, right?

Can't live without a head.

Heads?

Tails, you lose.

Nola, will you tell these two

gentlemen now, it's time for them to go?

My fate decided by

the flip of a coin?

How much longer must I tolerate these

ignorant, low-class ghetto Negros?

Who are you calling an ignorant,

low-class, ghetto Negro?

Word!

Please.

Lucky for you Nola is here,

because I'm gonna have to hurt you.

Oh, I'm shaking.

You'd be hurt serious.

If you don't stop, I'm throwing

the whole lot of you out!

Sweetheart,

the food is quite good.

Nola, is this the first

Thanksgiving you cooked?

Very first.

The first? The very first?

Uh-huh.

It's good. This is the

first, though, right?

The first.

Okay.

Honey, this food is indicative

of marrying material.

Marrying material?

Nola Darling would never

marry a non-modeling,

non-weightlifting pseudo

black man like yourself.

That's it. I've had it.

Pass the cranberry sauce.

Cranberry sauce?

Greer's finished.

You know, Jamie, you're okay. You know,

I've been thinking, I'm gonna hook you up.

With Nola, you get

four days, I'll get three.

That's mighty black of you.

But I get the weekends,

though.

I never liked

this game.

No wonder. You know, it does take

some semblance of intelligence.

Intelligence? Nola, will

you talk to this guy?

Greer.

Talk to him!

Would you please not start?

I'm gonna have to hurt you, man!

Talk to this guy.

I'm sorry.

Mars, it's your turn, play.

It's just a game!

I'm gonna have to hurt you now.

"Insidious. " Gonna have to diss you.

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